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Such shocking moments--and startling candor--are everywhere in The World Is What It Is (Knopf; 554 pages), a biography of Naipaul by the British writer Patrick French that is as haunting and harrowing a psychological document as you could ask for. Telling the life of the famously exacting writer has long seemed a daunting prospect, not least because he has written so often and with such unsparing honesty about his ambitions and insecurities. But French pursues his prey with an acuity worthy of the man himself. That this unsettling record is an authorized biography says something impressive about both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V.S. Naipaul's Other Life | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...woman at the DMV had a really interesting look on her face, like it was rude to ask, but she finally did, and I was able to tell her all about dissection. It was awesome. No matter what I have to put up with, animals have to put up with so much more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hi, How Are You? My Name Is Cutout Dissection.com | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...silly of that reporter to dare ask you, Mr. President-elect, how it is that you completely mocked Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience just a few months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

Next Questions Ask Viggo Mortensen your questions for an upcoming interview, at time.com/10questions

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ron Howard | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...mailed my friends and co-workers in Mumbai. Everyone’s OK. I didn’t ask them too many questions. It was their home that has been attacked; I was only a visitor...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: A New Coming of Age | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

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