Patrick French, Unsparing Biographer of V.S. Naipaul, Dies at 56

Patrick French in 2011: His histories were rich in archival research and unafraid of challenging conventional wisdom. He was a historian of India and Tibet, but best known for his biography of Naipaul, which one reviewer described as “a portrait of the artist as a monster.” Patrick French, a…

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