V.S. Naipaul Mistakenly ‘Killed Off’ in FBI Footnote

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 10.29.09 | 4:10 PM ET

The travel writer and novelist was mentioned in passing in an FBI court filing as “the late Lord V.S. Naipaul.” This is one detail that I’m glad to hear the Feds got wrong. (Via The Book Bench)

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.

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Pico RG 11.05.09 | 2:54 AM ET

FBI - Investigating why people stink since 1908.

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