[a:V.S. Naipaul|3989|V.S. Naipaul|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1497418880p2/3989.jpg]'s 2001 [b:Half a Life|5853|Half a Life|V.S. Naipaul|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320450717l/5853.SY75.jpg|1366421] was a library bookshop find, a book by one of the many authors I've meant to read for decades but never have.
 As Naipaul's second-to-last work of fiction (he died in 2018), it wasn't the best choice for the first of his works to read, but I was able to get an idea of what his prose is like and I'll look for more in the future.