Fun Fact - Naipaul and Theroux were great friends, in fact Theroux credits Naipaul for encouraging him to become a writer. But when Theroux criticized Naipaul's

Fun Fact - Naipaul and Theroux were great friends, in fact Theroux credits Naipaul for encouraging him to become a writer. But when Theroux criticized Naipaul's writing they fell apart and there was a long lasting feud between them.