Never heard of the "greatest living English novelist"???
Heard of him? I’ve read almost everything he’s written.
Apparently others have never heard of him and have to taken the time to inform us of that fact here.
I started reading Naipaul around 1985 when I was in college. His writings have had a profound affect on me. Particularly:
Guerrillas - (1975)
A Bend in the River - (1979)
A Way in the World - (1994) was his best IMO