The Loss of El Dorado

History as literature, meticulously researched and masterfully written. * New York Times Book Review *
A formidable achievement… . No historian has attempted to weave together in so subtle a manner the threads of the most complex and turbulent period of Caribbean history. * Times Literary Supplement *
Brilliant… . Startling. * New Statesman *
A remarkable book… . Intelligent, humane, brilliantly written. * Book World *

V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950 and spent four years at University College, Oxford. He began writing in London in 1954 and pursued no other profession.

His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971, he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State.

His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization, and India: A Million Mutinies Now.

In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature. In 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire and died in 2018.

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