Theroux, Paul. "New Biography Reveals the True Monster in V. S. Naipaul." TIMES April 6, 2008.

Ten years ago I published Sir Vidia’s Shadow, depicting V. S. Naipaul as a grouch, a skinflint, tantrum-prone, with race on the brain. He was then, and continued to be, an excellent candidate for anger management classes, sensitivity training, psychotherapy, marriage guidance, grief counselling and driving lessons – none of which he pursued. Now comes Patrick French’s authorised biography of the man, The World Is What It Is, which makes all these points and many more. It seems that I didn’t know the half of all the horrors. When the lawyers were shown the type-script of my own book, they were all over me. “Look at this – ‘violent, unstable, depressive’ – Naipaul could prove malice!” And the trump card of the QC, with his lists of deletions and revisions: “Do you know what it will cost you if he sues you?” . . . Read the rest here: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3688422.ece.