http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3316 <!--paging_filter--><p>JONATHAN FOREMAN </p><p>How do you reconcile Robert Harris the clever, sensitive, erudite and sensible author of &quot;Fatherland&quot; and two excellent novels based on the life of Cicero, with the politically correct prig who reviewed VS Naipaul's latest travel book in this weekend's Sunday Times. </p> <p>Because Naipaul's reportage from Ivory Coast, Uganda and elsewhere in Africa doesn't jibe with Harris's notions of the continent -- notions that seem to be based on armchair fantasy and liberal conventional wisdom rather than on-the-ground experience  -- the novelist likens Naipaul to Oswald Mosley and basically calls him a racist.</p><p><a href="/node/3316"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3316#comments Robert Harris VS Naipaul Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:40:36 +0000 The Point 3316 at http://standpointmag.co.uk