A bend in the river / Naipaul, V. S

A young Indian flees his country to escape the war that has claimed his family and settles in a small town in a newly independent African nation.

A young Indian flees his country to escape the war that has claimed his family and settles in a small town in a newly independent African nation.

After a recent civil war, a country in the interior of Africa is under a new President, whose insane energy and crudity have made his power felt everywhere including an isolated village at a bend in the river.