Book description
A Turn in the South is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the
late 1980s through the American South. Naipaul writes of his encounters
with politicians, rednecks, farmers, writers, ordinary men and women,
both black and white, with the insight and originality we expect from
one of our best travel writers. Fascinating and poetic, this is a
remarkable book on race, culture and country. 'Naipaul's writing is
supple and fluid, meticulously crafted, adventurous and quick to
surprise. And, as usual, there's the freshness and originality of his
way of looking at things . . . a fine book by a fine man, and one to be
read with great enjoyment: a book of style, sagacity and wit' Sunday
Times 'A tissue of brilliantly recorded hearsay, of intense listening by
a man with a remarkable ear' New York Times Review of Books
