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The Middle Passage

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17 June 2011
272 pages
9780330522953
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

Naipaul travels with the artist’s eye and ear and his observations are sharply discerning.
Belongs in the same category of travel writing as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain.
Where earlier travellers enthused or recoiled, Mr Naipaul explains. His tone is critical but humane, and he tempers his inevitable indignation with an admirable sense of comedy.
Dazzling reportorial skills and a sharp historical mind.