Characters like Jimmy Ahmed in Guerrillas or Ranjit Singh in Mimic Men thus mirror his own half-Hindi/ half-Trinidadian heritage.  
An article written at Queen's Royal College, discussing his admiration for Maugham's Liza of Lambeth, inspired his novel about life in the slums, Miguel Street.  Nonfiction works include Among the Believers and Beyond Belief, both about Islam, and A Turn in the South about Africa.  While Mr. Stone and the Knight's Companion has a completely English setting, most of his works such as The Enigma of Arrival, Half a Life, and The Suffrage of Elvira constantly shift locales and present characters who strive to make a connection to the land.  Characters like Jimmy Ahmed in Guerrillas or Ranjit Singh in Mimic Men thus mirror his own half-Hindi/ half-Trinidadian heritage.  FTP, identify this author best known for A Bend in the River and A House for Mr. Biswas.
An article written at Queen's Royal College, discussing his admiration for Maugham's Liza of Lambeth, inspired his novel about life in the slums, Miguel Street.  
V. S. Naipaul