
Sir Vidia's Shadow
''Both unputdownable and utterly engaging'' Jonathan Raban, The Times Literary Supplement
''I started reading Theroux''s Sir Vidia''s Shadow, the story of his friendship with V. S. Naipaul over thirty years and five continents - its origins, development, and sad, enigmatic termination. I couldn''t, as they say, put it down. I don''t know of a more revealing study of the peculiar nature of friendsh...
''Both unputdownable and utterly engaging'' Jonathan Raban, The Times Literary Supplement
''I started reading Theroux''s Sir Vidia''s Shadow, the story of his friendship with V. S. Naipaul over thirty years and five continents - its origins, development, and sad, enigmatic termination. I couldn''t, as they say, put it down. I don''t know of a more revealing study of the peculiar nature of friendsh...