And a Bend in the River I thought was Uganda until Uganda is mentioned as another country. Anyone?
Both excellent. Although I did have to wonder during this one- why am I reading this? Where does it take me? Maybe it was just the book didn't go anywhere novel (pun).
A good friend turned me onto Naipaul- he's growing on me (Naipaul, not my friend- we've known each other for over ten years).
Searching around for the country in which the book is based (a generic African country? like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book about the dictator was based in a generic Central/South American country?), I found that I have one of the ugliest editions- the cover has some Soviet-inspired design on front, which really bums me out.