{"product_id":"9781035091485","title":"Letters Between a Father and Son","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Naipaul, V.S. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDiaries, letters \u0026amp; journals\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 10 September 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 | 244g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureFrom the Booker Prize-winning author, Letters Between a Father and Son is an engrossing collection continuing into the early years of V. S. Naipaul’s literary career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1950, V. S. Naipaul travelled from Trinidad to England to take up a place at Oxford University. Over the next few years, letters passed back and forth between Naipaul and his family – particularly his beloved father Seepersad, but also his mother and siblings. The result is a fascinating chronicle of Naipaul’s time at university; the love of writing that he shared with his father and their mutual nurturing of literary ambition; the triumphs and depressions of Oxford life; and the travails of his family back at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetters Between a Father and Son is an engrossing collection continuing into the early years of V. S. Naipaul’s literary career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching time and again on the craft of writing, Letters Between a Father and Son reveals the relationships and experiences that formed and influenced one of the greatest and most enigmatic literary figures of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Rare and precious . . . If any modern writer was going to breathe a last gasp into the epistolary tradition, it was always likely to be V. S. Naipaul’  – New StatesmanNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665477124472,"sku":"9781035091485","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781035091485.jpg?v=1789734788","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035091485","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}