A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say “… - V. S. Naipaul

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A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say “Sum!” because he could see no more. But we who lived there saw our street as a world, where everybody was quite different from everybody else. Mam-man was mad; George was stupid; Big Foot was a bully; hat was an adventurer; Popo was a philosopher; and Morgan was our comedian.

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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (17 August 1932 - 11 August 2018) was a British writer of Indo-Nepalese descent born and raised in Trinidad. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.

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Birth Name: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

Alternative Names: V.S. Naipaul • Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

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