The main character has an affair with Yvette and later beats her, before leaving for London to marry Kareisha, the daughter of Nazruddin.
Late in this novel, a group distributes leaflets encouraging action against "the enemy," which is identified with the "powers of Imperialism, the multi-nationals, and the powers that be." A war being fought in the background of this work leads to a copper boom in the second section, "The New Domain," and the title character of the third section starts a Madonna cult to honor his mother. The main character has an affair with Yvette and later beats her, before leaving for London to marry Kareisha, the daughter of Nazruddin. With the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko represented in the character of the "Big Man," for ten points, identify this novel about the merchant Salim and the travails of an African town situated in the titular location, written by V. S. Naipaul.
Late in this novel, a group distributes leaflets encouraging action against "the enemy," which is identified with the "powers of Imperialism, the multi-nationals, and the powers that be.
A Bend in the River