But he and Paul Theroux got in a pissing contest (Theroux actually wrote a book about it), and since Theroux is on my short list of favorite authors, Naipaul is on my do not touch with, along with movies with Woodie Allen.
It has long been my view that many literary talents are not people we would want to have as friends, and - in any event - are too flaky to be people we can rely on in times of need. Naipaul strikes me as someone who writes as a non-Westerner would (in terms of being politically incorrect), but from a Western point of view.
Theroux is on my short list of favorite authors, Naipaul is on my do not touch with, along with movies with Woodie Allen.
Woody Allen I understand. Theroux is a favorite of mine but I must say, these are not to be missed books, dont carry someone’s grudge, instead take the good parts and leave the rest.
I also despise Theroux for suggesting that the outing of Communists in government during the McCarthy era was the equivalent of Stalin’s mass murders. I don’t know if I’d have this jerk as a friend, but he was definitely a fellow traveler.