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Naipaul is no kinder about other writers such as the English novelists Graham Greene and Anthony Powell, the Trinidadian novelist Sam Selvon, or the Bengali pundit and essayist Nirad Chaudhuri, all of whom were his contemporaries. Greene's The Quiet American is dismissed because it presumed a knowledge of Indo...
The twice-divorced Stoppard, who turned 70 this year, is a grandfather now, but he keeps up with groups like Arcade Fire and the Arctic Monkeys. "I listen to what shows up, really out of curiosity more than anything else," he says. "It's not often that something really gets...
Stoppard, who rolls his r's with a Continental flourish that somehow manages not to seem affected, bristles at the notion that his work is too highbrow or élitist for an ordinary audience--never mind that the New York Times felt the need to print a reading list for...
When my friend told me he could see me as a cat lady, I was flattered. Sexy black unitard, kitten ears, reflexes of a feline. Who wouldn’t be? He shook his head.“No, not Catwoman,” he clarified, “Cat...
The Potter books and films are (and will remain) one the most widely read stories of all time. Their miracle is their universal accessibility—they are loved by toddlers, teens, hippies, yuppies. And besides Potter himself, Albus Dumbledore is arguably the central figure of the entire sagaâ?...