Question

V.S. Naipaul is a famous writer who has won both Booker Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature. Which among these is not a literary work of V.S. Naipaul?

• A. Half A Life
• B. River of Smoke
• C. A Bend In the River
• D. Magic Seeds

Answer 1

The correct option is B River of Smoke

River of Smoke (2011) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of the Ibis trilogy. The novel has a rich tapestry of characters from various cultural and geographical backgrounds whose common interest is trade with China. The plot is set in Fanqui town, a small strip of land used by foreigners to trade with local Chinese traders, a year before the first opium war.