One of this man's works is set in an African country ruled by the Big Man, and Salim sets up a shop at the title location.
In a novel by this man, a priest who collects African masks is brutally murdered, influencing Ferdinand's desire to study in America. In that novel, the protagonist meets Nazruddin in London and is betrayed by Metty. Another of this man's protagonists causes the death of his father by drowning after letting a calf get lost while seeing a river for the first time. One of this man's works is set in an African country ruled by the Big Man, and Salim sets up a shop at the title location. He created a reporter in Port-of-Spain whose chief desire is to buy a home for Shama and himself. For 10 points, name this Trinidadian author of A Bend in the River and A House for Mr. Biswas.
In a novel by this man, a priest who collects African masks is brutally murdered, influencing Ferdinand's desire to study in America.
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul [accept V. S. Naipaul]