Author: V.S. Naipaul
publisher name: Picador USA
ISBN: 9780330522991
"A Bend in the River" by V.S. Naipaul is set in an unnamed African country and is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders who has moved to the interior of the continent. Salim establishes his own shop in a small, growing city, becoming a witness to the complex and tumultuous events of post-colonial Africa during the time of Independence.
