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SIR VIDIA'S SHADOW
A FRIENDSHIP ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS
PAUL THEROUX

MARINER BOOKS (JAN 2001)
TRADE PAPER, 368 pages, 210 x 141 mm.
Prod. # 9780618001996 (American edition)
Category: Biography and memoir

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Theroux's account of his 30-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. It is also the story of how a friendship waxes and wanes between two men who have set themselves on the perilous journey of a writing life.

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