like servants below stairs, we all have tales of naipaul's rudeness
from the Guardian:
He has his knighthood and his Nobel and only in flashes does he write as he used to. The next few days may be his last big week. The biography is published on Monday and on Thursday he has a 90-minute documentary on BBC4. They are well worth reading and watching, but having done both I feel no need to know any more. "Never meet a famous author if you like their work" is not a bad maxim. I am glad to have met him, but reading him is the worthwhile thing to do. Be grateful, if you must, remember his shuddersome life, that so much selfishness has given us such great books.
He has his knighthood and his Nobel and only in flashes does he write as he used to. The next few days may be his last big week. The biography is published on Monday and on Thursday he has a 90-minute documentary on BBC4. They are well worth reading and watching, but having done both I feel no need to know any more. "Never meet a famous author if you like their work" is not a bad maxim. I am glad to have met him, but reading him is the worthwhile thing to do. Be grateful, if you must, remember his shuddersome life, that so much selfishness has given us such great books.
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(In the home stretch of "In Defense of Food" BTW. Another perspective-shifting book from Pollan, to be sure!)
and i can't wait to hear your musings on the pollan!