Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 08:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dr. Dubem Okafor" <okafor-AT-kutztown.edu>
Subject: Re: Theroux on Naipaul


Hi, folks:

I'm happy that others have seen through Paul Thereoux's charade. I do, 
indeed, devote some space to his charlattanism in my recent book, "The 
Dance of Death," (AWP, 1998), which is available from both the publisher: 
Africa world Press, Box 1892, Trenton, NJ 08607, (609) 844-9583, and 
<Amazon.com> .
I believe it's time we began to expose the critical masquerades.

Dubem Okafor, Ph.D.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. 

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Subhash Kak 
wrote:

>  Theroux on Naipaul 
> 
> 
> Was Paul Theroux's recent article about the end of his
> friendship in the New Yorker and his book on the same
> subject a joke, or is Theroux a jerk? 
> 
> Theroux mentions that he was one of the judges when [in 1979]
> Naipaul's `A Bend in the River' was shortlisted for the
> Booker Prize. He adds, ``When it came to the decision I
> voted against it. I preferred Patrick White's novel
> `The Twyborn Affair.' Mine was the deciding vote.''
> 
> You can see the list of the Booker finalists for 1979 on the
> Amazon.com site. Here it is:
> 
>                     1979 
> 
>                              Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald--Winner! 
>                              Confederates by Thomas Keneally 
>                              A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul 
>                              Joseph by Julian Rathbone 
>                              Praxis by Fay Weldon
> 
> Patrick White's book is not in the list. Penelope Fitzgerald
> won the prize that year.
> 
> This little anecdote is an important element in Theroux's
> story. If he has not got his facts right here how can we
> trust him to recall conversations that took place 30 years
> ago?
> 
> -Subhash Kak
> 
> 
> 
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