Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock
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I was bored listening to the famous ... then I met V.S. Naipaul
The Nobel laureate’s painstaking ways in interviewing subjects while gathering materials for his book left a deep and lasting impact on writer Karim Raslan
Naipaul visited Malaysia 23 years ago to gather materials for his book, Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. Photo: Shutterstock