Letters between a father and son / V.S. Naipaul ; with introduction and notes by Gillon Aitken by Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) (1932-) - 1999

London : Little, Brown, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 333 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [ii]). Summary; In 1949, aged 17, V.S. Naipaul left his native Trinidad to take up an Island Scholarship at University College, Oxford. This volume presents his letters to his father - a journalist with the ""Trinidad Guardian"" - over four years until his father's death from a heart attack in 1953, aged 47. Review: Offering a fascinating insight into Naipaul's character, these letters to his father and sister, written between 1949 and 1954, chart his career at Oxford as he overcame financial and emotional problems, determined to become a great writer. (Kirkus UK). Subjects; Naipaul, Seepersad — Correspondence. Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) 1932- — Correspondence. Authors, Trinidadian — 20th century — Correspondence. Dates covered: 1949-1953. Biography & autobiography: general. American English ; c 1945 to c 1960. Naipaul, V.S. Genre; Letter.