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Naipaul's Half Life
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V.S. Naipaul, the 77-year-old Nobel Prize winning author, is mistakenly listed as dead in court filings in the trial of two Chicago men accused of plotting to attack employees of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which stirred worldwide rage for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.
A footnote in the filing on the sworn testimony of FBI Agent Lorenzo Benedict mentions “the late V.S Naipaul, a Nobel prize winning author,” in a passing reference to his wife, who happens to be the sister of a Pakistani general killed by Islamic militants last year. Naipaul is author of A House for Mr Biswas, India: A Million Mutinees Now, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People and Half A Life. |
