A book named for this person describes how the author befriended him in Uganda; but that book subtitled "A Friendship Across Five Continents" gradually turns into an excoriation, describing him as "much weaker and needier than me."
A book named for this person describes how the author befriended him in Uganda; but that book subtitled "A Friendship Across Five Continents" gradually turns into an excoriation, describing him as "much weaker and needier than me." Edward Said stated that this author is a "celebrated sensibility on tour," and that his obsession with Islam "caused him to somehow stop thinking" in a review of this man's Beyond Belief and Among the Believers. Paul Theroux wrote a book named for this author's "Shadow." This man's nonfiction includes a trilogy about India with books subtitled "A Wounded Civilization" and "A Million Mutinies Now." His love for the exotic inspired a novel in which Ferdinand convinces the protagonist to flee from Africa before the arrival of the Big Man.  For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Salim in A Bend in the River.
A book named for this person describes how the author befriended him in Uganda; but that book subtitled "A Friendship Across Five Continents" gradually turns into an excoriation, describing him as "much weaker and needier than me."
Vidia(dhar) Seepersad "V. S."  Naipaul