More Tales From Malgudi

Jul 16, 2025 4:49 AM

Author:R K Narayan

THE BOOK: This omnibus edition features four books from R. K. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: The World of Nagaraj, Mr Sampath-Printer of Malgudi, Waiting for the Mahatma and The Financial Expert. Each of these novels demonstrates Narayan's rare talent and extraordinary gifts and are confirmed of his status as a major international writer.

Reviews

A real page-turner...altogether wonderful

—— Time Out

Unfolds with all the glamorous intensity of a hot New York night...tinglingly alive

—— Sunday Times

Joan Brady writes beautifully when she's angry... a furious fiction

—— Sunday Telegraph

Biter comedy salts away any trace of sentimentality... wholly absorbing... always unpredictable... always fascinating

—— Spectator

Splendid...impressive..eloquent and passionate... quick and compelling...devastating... magnificent

—— Literary Review

For ARRANGED MARRIAGE, 'As irresistible as the impulse which leads her characters to surface to maturity, raising their heads above the floods of silver ignorance'

—— New York Times Book Review

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