The late Sir VS Naipaul is one of the best English prose writers in history.
Here is his famous trilogy on India, his ancestral home. Spanning a period of 26 years he lamented the state of India in his first 2 books based on his visits. In his 3rd book he expressed some hope that India had progressed. {see p 516 India A Million Mutinies Now 1990 ed.}
It is unfortunate he cannot write a 4th book. He will be disappointed with what he sees.
Poser – in which book did he parody Winston Spencer Churchill’ s famous fight on the beach World War 2 speech? {clue page 70}. A Wounded Civilisation was gifted to my wife by her late close friend Grace Teh SY of Ipoh. An Area of Darkness was bought by me at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on 2 Nov 2004. A Million Mutinies Now was bought by my wife.