Paul Theroux interview (1998)

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Paul Theroux, author of "Sir Vidia's Shadow," discusses the beginning and end of his friendship with writer and mentor V.S. Naipaul.
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@ManufacturingIntellect 6 жыл бұрын

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@anuradhainamdar8967 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful biography written by Paul Theroux of V.S.Naipaul.

@tomraw4893 Жыл бұрын

I like the book. I feel the long friendship was full of tension, for Theroux, but like a drug, he needed it.

@anuradhainamdar8967 4 жыл бұрын

Theroux doesn't give a hoot to the reviewers.

@sterlinghayden4096 6 жыл бұрын

It is a great read about writers and the details. . .of course it contains plenty of snubs.

@AliHussain-fz7pd 3 жыл бұрын

"Well that's a steaming pile of parrot droppings" lol. It would be dishonest to say that Ive read the book, but it is nice to see a writer delivering an impassioned defense of his book & critiquing the critics for a change.

@stephensharp3033 7 жыл бұрын

He says a biography is inevitable autobiography. V.S Naipaul is the Jack Benny of literature.

@sterlinghayden4096 6 жыл бұрын

Michiko kakutani like a. "eunuch in a harem " a good one.

@furdiebant 4 жыл бұрын

Sterling Hayden Kakutani is an infy

@eugeniogil5673 7 жыл бұрын

Que bello hombre.

@TanveerAhmed 5 жыл бұрын

@mufcmufc111 7 жыл бұрын

Thought, theroux , excellent, I read the book and of course he did so much for naipaul too , think not easy to put up with such a freeloader for so long

@sunganti1 2 жыл бұрын

Paul Theroux at his best at marketing his soul.

@V5mGpYp 4 жыл бұрын

An odd mix of the old Northeastern US (Yankee Ivy League) Patrician accent (as most exemplified by William F Buckley) combined with hints of very faint British influence. What strikes me most is that he speaks so quickly with thoughts that sometimes seem unfinished or available for editing 5 seconds later. It must be how he writes. No editor however on this program. Naipaul has been roundly thrashed by his own countrymen for roundly thrashing his native land. So...maybe in the end someone holding a mirror up (regardless of distortion) was a bit much to take.

@anodyne57 3 жыл бұрын

As Theroux notes, Naipul has said nary a word in the wake of publication. The break came before he began the book.

@tbwatch88 4 жыл бұрын

despite what old Paul says here, it's quite hard for artists to be friends with artists--esp. when one outstrips the other in terms of sales/fame. Naipaul (I have read everything he's ever written) was by all accounts nasty and immeasurably proud. Theroux (whose stuff I've read a lot) was CHUMS with such a person--opportunistically, hopefully, sycophantically. what'd anybody expect. later on, they patched it up. one's put in mind of Ted Hughes writing "Stare at the monster"--apropos of the poet. beware the artist--he or she's often a nasty piece of work. and it does not matter--on account of it's the WORK that matters to posterity; the character, the morals--those matter to family, and to God.

@erik_carter_art 3 жыл бұрын

Why does he have an English accent? Wasn't he born and raised in Massachusetts?...

@williemays2 3 жыл бұрын

-- 'Tis a weird accent that is seldom found in the armpits of the extreme North Eastern States, such as Maine, northern New Hampshire and in his case, Boston, MA -----

@erik_carter_art 3 жыл бұрын

@@williemays2 Idk, I was born and raised in MA, and lived in Boston for 6 years. I never heard a local speak with his accent. 😅

@mookie7688 2 жыл бұрын

@@erik_carter_art He did live in England for at least 20 years. His accent's probably a bit of a mashup.