He left Uganda for Signapore seven months later. He had lived in Kampala for four years, and was not to return until more than 30 years had passed - that is, on this current trip. It is a coming full circle in many senses. A Friendhip Across Five Continents, has ended publicly and bitterly, and Theroux, today a writer almost as acclaimed as Naipaul himself, is back in Africa. It is as if he were not just embarking on writing another book but attempting to reinvent himself and his writing.
Friendship is a complex subject.
Sometimes friends are more powerful than wealth or a love affair because often love and sex are about power. But friendship is not about power, it is about helping. Don't ever write about anything about VS Naipaul. Don't presume on the relationship. Don't think that you have the right.