«V. S. Naipaul tells stories which show us ourselves and the reality we live in. His use of language is as precise as it is beautiful.» — The London Times
«A Tolstoyan spirit…The so-called Third World has produced no more brilliant literary artist.» — John Updike, The New Yorker
«The coolest literary eye and the most lucid prose we have.» — The New York Review
