Sir Vidia's Shadow

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 Biography: Paul Theroux is the author of such highly acclaimed travel books as RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER, THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR, THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS, and THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA. His novels include THE FAMILY ARSENAL, PICTURE PALACE, THE MOSQUITO COAST, 0-ZONE, MILLROY THE MAGICIAN, and MY OTHER LIFE, SAINT JACK, and HALF MOON STREET have been made into successful films. He resides in Hawaii and Cape Cod.