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A bend in the river / V. S. Naipaul with introduction by Yiyun Li.

A bend in the river / V. S. Naipaul with introduction by Yiyun Li.
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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
F NAIP
 Adult Fiction   Adult Lending . Available .  
Reserve Title Catalogue Record 782033
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ISBN 9781529014099 (paperback)
Classification F NAIP
Personal Name Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018
Title A bend in the river / V. S. Naipaul with introduction by Yiyun Li.
Production & Copyright Details London : Picador, 2020.
©1979
Physical Description 325 pages ; 20 cm
Content type text
Series Picador classics
Note Originally published: 1979.
Summary Note This is a novel of the politics and society of postcolonial Africa. Salim, a young Indian man, moves to a town on a bend in the river of a recently independent nation. As Salim strives to establish his business, he comes to be closely involved with the fluid and dangerous politics of the newly created state, the remnants of the old regime clashing inevitably with the new.
Subject - Topical Term Businessmen -- Africa, Central -- Fiction
Subject - Geographic Name Africa, Central -- Politics and government -- 1960-Fiction
Africa, Central -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Subject - Genre Political fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name Li, Yiyun, 1972- writer of introduction.
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