The Middle Passage (book)

First edition (publisher Macmillan)

The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited is a 1962 book-length essay and travelogue by V. S. Naipaul. It is his first book-length work of non-fiction.^[1]

The book covers a year-long trip Naipaul took through Trinidad, British Guiana, Suriname, Martinique, and Jamaica in 1961. As well as giving his own impressions, Naipaul refers to the work of earlier travellers such as Patrick Leigh Fermor, who described a similar itinerary in The Traveller's Tree (1950). Naipaul addresses a range of topics including the legacy of slavery and colonialism, race relations, the roles of immigrants from India in the various countries, and differences in language, culture, and economics.

The book was poorly received in Trinidad and other Caribbean nations on account of Naipaul's "patronising attitude" towards these colonies and ex-colonies, his apparent approval of imperialism, and for other reasons.

SEE https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bpkt

Notes[]

^ Gillian Dooley (2006). V.S. Naipaul, Man and Writer. University of South Carolina Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-57003-587-6.

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[Dooley2006-1] Gillian Dooley (2006). V.S. Naipaul, Man and Writer. University of South Carolina Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-57003-587-6.

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v t Works by V. S. Naipaul
Novels	The Mystic Masseur The Suffrage of Elvira Miguel Street A House for Mr Biswas Mr Stone and the Knights Companion A Flag on the Island The Mimic Men In a Free State Guerrillas A Bend in the River The Enigma of Arrival A Way in the World Half a Life Magic Seeds
Non-fiction	The Middle Passage An Area of Darkness The Loss of El Dorado India: A Wounded Civilization Among the Believers A Turn in the South India: A Million Mutinies Now Beyond Belief The Writer and the World A Writer's People