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        A Bend In The River


        setting

        East Central Africa

        time

        1970s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1970

        page count

        278

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Mahesh, Nazruddin, Salim, Metty, Ferdinand, Zabeth, Yvette, Raymond

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)