A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River

1979 • 326 pages

Ratings5

Average rating4.2

15

Salim, an ethnic Indian living in Africa, buys a business from a friend and tries to make a go of it in a spot on an African river, a prime spot for commerce, during a bad time in Africa's history.

He struggles to keep going with his business while things in Africa deteriorate from bad to worse.

Salim, in the meantime, struggles within himself to figure out what is right and what is wrong in a very confusing world.

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