"Certain writers have a style that can be best likened to body odor: irresistible to some, obnoxious to many and apparently imperceptible to the writer himself." That is the overeducated overyoung* novelist Robert MacFarlane on the new book out by Paul Theroux. [Times]*He is also overhot, but Nick thought his photo was taking up too much space. He is right about everything about Theroux except the parts about Turkmenistan and China. And also, I probably don't need to point this out but Naipaul is a huge twat.