NMLP P-032029 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

A Bend in the River

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

Book-of-the-Month Club editions derived from the US Knopf exist (blind stamp to rear board, no printed price on the jacket flap); these are not the true first. Distinguish the UK Deutsch first, which states 'First published 1979' and carries the priced sterling jacket, from the US printings.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-032029 for "A Bend in the River" by V. S. Naipaul (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032029, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).