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Stated First Edition/First Printing with no mention of subsequent printings (first printing point for Knopf); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. Flat SIGNED by the author on the title page with no inscription. An extraordinary copy of this novel by the Nobel Prize winning author; this novel short listed for the Booker Prize and included in Modern Library's Top 100 English-language novels of the 20th century; Naipaul was also knighted in 1990. This copy is in pristine condition with only a light age-toning to the jacket (common for the title); may be the nicest copy on the current market and thus very scarce indeed. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($8.95 intact), and not ex-library. In a protective mylar cover and shipped in a sturdy box.

In the novel, 'A Bend in the River,' V.S. Naipaul paints a picture of life in a town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. It is a story of post-colonialism, isolation, and the clash of cultures.