An Area of Darkness: A Masterpiece Of Travel- Writing…….Wise, Original-Paul Theroux

Brilliant… true autobiography arises when a man encounters something in his life which shocks him into the need for self – examination. It was natural that a sojourn in India should provide this shock for Naipaul…..the experience was not pleasant one, but the pain the author suffered was creative rather than numbing…… is tender, lyrical, explosive and cruel – John Wain in the Observer.