Word: preachment
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...possible to agree with every word of Among the Believers and to feel, still, that something is missing. Naipaul gets the lyrics, but the music is dim. His book has clearly been written for Western eyes, a preachment to the unconverted. Muslim fundamentalists who were not persuaded by Naipaul in person are not likely to be swayed by his narrative or, in fact, to read him at all. They are busy with a struggle that they think will lead to their salvation; their chosen enemies, Naipaul included, can be forgiven for regarding them with some enmity and considerable dread...