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Paul Theroux's "Fong and the Indians"

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Fong and the Indians by Paul Theroux My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this because it was written by one of my fave authors. It's really light reading, having finished the book while in transit to & fro my usual destinations. Its narrative's dated (though not much, as there are very relevant sections up to now), having been published first in 1968, when I was still 2 years old. A lot of sociopolitical upheavals and changes happened worldwide since then. The book covered the western world's fears then about communism, corruption, coup d'etats in Africa, plus post colonialism issues among other things (some of which still rage up to now). But still I enjoyed Theroux's satire -- I always learn from him. It's a good introduction for me about Africa, particularly East Africa, which apparently is also inhabited by immigrants from Asia, including Indians (those from the country India), Greeks, Persians (now Iranians), Chinese, among other countries that we don'