This author had a noted 1996 falling-out between with (*) Paul Theroux, but made up with him in 2011.
Rob Nixon argued that this author's literature displayed the fact that he had become an Englishman by employing "Conradian atavism." Selwyn Cudgoe ["CUD"-"joe"] examined a change in ethnic focus from this author's first novel, in which a pundit performs an exorcism on Hector and runs for legislative office, to caricatures of Africans in this author's story "The Crocodiles of Yamoussokro." This author had a noted 1996 falling-out between with (*) Paul Theroux, but made up with him in 2011. The experience of this author with the socialite landlord Stephen Tennant formed the basis of a novel in which he emigrates to New York City, titled The Enigma of Arrival. Edward Said denounced this author as a "native informant" for novels such as one about a state-designated Domain, which caricatures Mobutu Sese-Seko as The Big Man. For 10 points, name this author of A Bend in the River.
Rob Nixon argued that this author's literature displayed the fact that he had become an Englishman by employing "Conradian atavism."
V. S. Naipaul