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Heckling a Saint

In a piece excoriating know-nothing celebs preaching about the solutions to Africa’s problems, Paul Theroux takes aim at Bono:

THERE are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can’t think of one at the moment.

I have a suggestion: what about being lectured at by a middle-aged American novelist better known for his misanthropic travel books who recycles his 40-year-old experiences as a Peace Corps worker in Malawi into credentials for speaking as an authority about what the beleaguered continent really needs?Nah, Bono is still more annoying.