''A Turn in the South'' is a
travelogue of the
American South
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, or simply the South) is a geographic and cultural region of the United States of America. It is between the Atlantic Ocean ...
written by
Nobel Prize-winning writer
V. S. Naipaul. The book was published in 1989 and is based upon the author's travels in the southern states of the United States.
Naipaul has written
fiction
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and
non-fiction about life in the Caribbean, India, Africa and South America. The object of this book is to compare U.S. states such as
South Carolina,
Florida,
Mississippi, et cetera to their geographical neighbors, the nations of the Caribbean. He discusses topics such as
Martin Luther King Jr.,
the economy
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,
technology,
industrialization
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,
tourism,
religion,
rednecks and
racism.
External links
Rednecks, Millionaires and Catfish Farms: A review of ''A Turn in the South'' Published: February 5, 1989 ''
The New York Times''
Books by V. S. Naipaul
1989 non-fiction books
Books about the United States
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