Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents

This heartfelt and revealing account of Paul Theroux's thirty-year friendship with the legendary V. S. Naipaul is an intimate record of a literary mentorship that traces the growth of both writers' careers and explores the unique effect each had on the other. Built around exotic landscapes, anecdotes that are revealing, humorous, and melancholy, and three decades of mutual history, this is a personal account of how one develops as a writer and how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life.

Author: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 01/08/2001
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780618001996

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/24/2000 pg. 22
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 223

About the Author
Theroux, Paul: -

Paul Theroux is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include Burma Sahib, The Bad Angel Brothers, The Lower River, Jungle Lovers, and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, On the Plain of Snakes, and Dark Star Safari. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.