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A Turn in the South

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A Turn in the South
First edition
AuthorV. S. Naipaul
LanguageEnglish
GenreTravelogue
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
1989
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages307 pp
ISBN0-670-82415-1
OCLC59695297

A Turn in the South is a travelogue of the American South 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 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, the economy, technology, industrialization, tourism, religion, rednecks and racism.