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Paul Theroux, author of Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five 
Continents - a book in which he slams Naipaul - was in Delhi on an 
action-packed but "very private" visit.

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Paul Theroux, author of Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents - a book in which he slams Naipaul - was in Delhi on an action-packed but "very private" visit.

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I completely admire V.S. Naipaul: Paul Theroux

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I completely admire V.S. Naipaul: Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux, author of Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents - a book in which he slams Naipaul - was in Delhi on an action-packed but "very private" visit.

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