V.S. Naipaul

by Paul Theroux

Paperback

Published December 1, 1972

About the author

Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, through South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as far east as Japan, and then back across Russia to his point of origin. Although perhaps best known as a travelogue writer, Theroux has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast.

He is the father of Marcel and Louis Theroux, and the brother of Alexander and Peter. Justin Theroux is his nephew.

Reviews

[Eoin Smyth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Simply put, this is one of the worst books I've ever read.
It put me of reading for an entire year.....
But that's just my opinion... you may love it

[Leo Buijs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book. Most works of P.Theroux I have to read. One of my favorite authors.