V. S. Naipaul — A Bend in the River

London, Andre Deutsch, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first U.K. edition of this novel set in post-colonial mid-twentieth century Africa, by Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. First U.K. edition. Set in an unnamed African country after independence, we follow a young merchant called Salim. As an Indian Muslim and a shopkeeper, he is able to observe the rapid changes in the country with an outsider's distance. Written by Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, a Trinidadian-born British writer. As well as winning the Booker Prize in 1971 and the Jerusalem Prize in 1983 and 1990, he has been awarded the Trinity Cross from Trinidad and Tobago, a knighthood from Britain, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.