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The article discusses writer V.S. Naipaul includign his birth in Trinidad in 1932, his education in England, his profession of writing, the characters in his novel, his 1967 novel "The Mimic Men" mentioned as his finest, his writing style, and his usage of words. It discusses his biography "The World Is What It Is" by Patrick French, his nonfiction writing, last novel in 2004 "Magic Seeds," and his writing which included political novels, short stories, travel reports and memoirs.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being a writer and knowing American editor Robert Silvers.