His novel Jungle Lovers (1970) was banned by the government in Malawi for mafjjny years, and his novel Saint Jack (1973) was banned by the government of Singapore for 30 years. Both were banned because they were considered too critical of the governments leader(s), or cast the country in an unfavorable light. Theroux has criticized Bono, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie as mythomaniacs, people who wish to convince the world of their worth.[14] He has also asserted that the impression that Africa is fatally troubled and can be saved only by outside help—not to mention celebrities and charity concerts—is a destructive and misleading conceit. Theroux has described himself in his early 20s - when he joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa - as an angry and agitated young man who felt he had to escape the confines of Massachusetts and a hostile U. S. foreign policy. He says he now has the disposition of a hobbit, and remains optimistic about most of his subject matter. I need happiness in order to write well...being depressed merely produces depressing literature in my case, he explains
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