http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/patrick_french en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/04/naipaul-bbc-writer-short http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/04/naipaul-bbc-writer-short Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Patrick French Short of money and short of food, V S Naipaul found his early life as a writer in Fifties London harsh. Then the BBC offered him a lifeline with a radio programme, Caribbean Voices. It became an important influence, but one he later felt obliged to disown

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