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Book Review of A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River
Author: V. S. Naipaul
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Deep meditative thoughts enmeshed in a compelling narrative told by a shopkeeper in Africa, located at a bend in the river, Naipaul grasps one's basic need to belong . . . and the struggle to survive our ever present state of man's inhumanity to man.