The American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux's book Sir Vidia's Shadow provides a caustic portrait of which other famous author?
Paul Theroux been a Burgess fan for as long as I can remember. In 1980 (the year before the events in the story), I interviewed him for the BBC World Service about his superb novel “Earthly Powers.” I treasure my copy, inscribed “To the Theroux family with fond regards” and signed by the author with several kisses. I would have been delighted to have Burgess to dinner at my house, but, alas, it didn’t happen. <br>- Anne Theroux, London, England ("The New Yorker", August 18, 1995) Theroux's sometimes caustic portrait of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul in his memoir "Sir Vidia's Shadow"
Paul Theroux Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is "The Great Railway Bazaar" (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel "The Mosquito Coast," which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name. He is the father of British authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel Theroux and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin