NMLP P-032028 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Bend in the River

V. S. Naipaul · André Deutsch (London) · 1979

True first is the UK Andre Deutsch 1979 edition; the US Knopf 1979 is a first American printing only, published the same year. Among Naipaul's most sought-after later titles.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032028 for "A Bend in the River" by V. S. Naipaul (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032028, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).