{"product_id":"sir-vidias-shadow","title":"Sir Vidias Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Vidia''s Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that chronicles bestselling author Paul Theroux''s long friendship with writer V.S Naipaul from its beginning to untimely end with both funny and moving moments and stark honesty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Both unputdownable and utterly engaging'' Jonathan Raban, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I started reading Theroux \u003ci\u003eSir Vidia''s Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of his friendship with V.S. Naipaul over thirty years and five continents. I couldn''t, as they say, put it down. I don''t know of a more revealing study of the peculiar nature of friendship between professional writers, an unstable compound of empathy, solidarity and rivalry'' David Lodge, \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Thoroughly compelling. We can call it a memoir, or a biographical sketch, but it has more in it - more candour, more intensity, more angry puzzlement - than we would normally expect from either of these genres'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The portrait of Naipaul that emerged is uproariously believable. . . most people are damaged human beings. What distinguishes writers is that can turn their damage into something life-enhancing. That is what \u003ci\u003eSir Vidia''s Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e resplendently does'' John Carey, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his other non-fiction titles, \u003ci\u003eRiding the Iron Rooster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Isles of Oceania\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunrise with Seamonsters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom by the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Patagonian Express\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark Star Safari\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFresh-air Fiend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of Hercules\u003c\/i\u003e, and his novels and collections of short stories, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e are available from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57523924795774,"sku":"NW9780241950548","price":13.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241950548.jpg?v=1780906443","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sir-vidias-shadow","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}