Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples.

NAIPAUL, V.S.

Item Number: 1731

London: Little Brown, 1998.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.

Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia--lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions, and where dreams of Islamic purity clash with economic and political realities. "Brilliant. . . . A powerfully observed, stylistically elegant exploration" (The New York Times).