Talk:Paul Theroux

message: + When did Paul Theroux leave Uganda? The article refers to life under Idi Amin who came to power overthrowing Milton Obote in 1971. If his younger son Louis was born in Singapore in 1970 then I think it must have been Milton Obote that Theroux and Anne Castle fled from.Ribbleton 13:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look it says they moved again to Singapore fleeing Idi Amin indicating they had already lived in Singapore. Forbear 22:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uganda 

message: Deleted "...decided to give [his children] French names intentionally". For reasons which are fairly obvious - not even the flakiest encyclopedia visitor is likely to think they gave them French names by accident.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.42.63 (talk) 09:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Living-Person Removal 

message: A box referring to Louis appears at the bottom of this article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.194.200 (talk) 15:05, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Box 

message: I cut out the sentence on grounds of WP:undue as John Ryle is not notable and the review in question does not seem to be balanced and probably shouldn't be in under WP:BLP.220.255.1.50 (talk) 04:33, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: John Ryle is a book reviewer for a major newspaper, the The Guardian. Paul Theroux is a writer. Book reviewers critique what writers write, and in that respect, what reviewers say is notable. Whether you've ever heard of John Ryle is irrelevant. What he had to say is a legitimate critique, and a valid addition to this article. BartlebytheScrivener (talk) 17:50, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there is a legitimate question of due weight. Ryle's criticism may be notable, but should we include so much of it here? I suggest that the paragraph be edited down, perhaps including the Peace Corps info from the paragraph after it -- doesn't that sort of counter some of Ryle's argument that Theroux doesn't know much about the aid work? El duderino (abides) 09:08, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

text: As three weeks have passed with no further comment, I've gone ahead with a condensed version of the paragraph in question. What I've left may still be too much, and I'm wondering if it's better suited to the specific article on the book which Ryle is reviewing, Dark Star Safari which is more of a stub at the moment so it would have to be fleshed out first. El duderino (abides) 15:37, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who he? 

message: Noting that the first paragraphs here are a good source for more detail on his involvement with the Malawi rebels.  Feel free to add it yourself, or I'll get around to it at some point. Ijon (talk) 02:56, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  A source for later 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Does this work, in particular, merit a separate piece? Given the controversy it generated, as well as the fact that it covers a significant part of Naipaul's life, perhaps someone could have a go. Hanoi Road (talk) 20:18, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sir Vidia's Shadow 

message: Did he divorce his first wife or what? It doesn't say, but just goes into him marrying this other woman in 1995.Bdavid1111 (talk) 00:23, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wives 

message: The article says that The Kingdom by the Sea is an account of a journey in which Theroux walked around Britain. The wiki page for the Kingdom by the Sea says the journey was undertaken by train! Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 16:36, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Walked or travelled by train?