Novelist McEwan perhaps upset converted Christian (7)

I believe the answer is:

naipaul

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'novelist' is the definition.
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I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for naipaul that I've seen before include "Sir V. S. -, Br. author" , "Author of In a Free State" , "V. S. -, two thousand and one Nobel Prize author" , "V. S. - , novelist (A House for Mr Biswas)" , "Sir V.S. --, author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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