R K Narayan Omnibus Volume 2

Nov 24, 2025 4:10 AM

Author:R K Narayan

Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi is the story of a businessman who adapts to the collapse of his weekly newspaper by shifting to screenplays, only to have the glamour of it all go to his head. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resources spends his time under a banyan tree dispensing financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen - an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi - and commits himself to Gandhi's Quit India campaign, a decision that will test the integrity of his ideals against the strength of his passions.

Reviews

Like To Kill a Mockingbird rewritten from the viewpoint of Boo Radley

—— Scotland on Sunday

Supremely well imagined...Frequently brilliant and consistently unsettling, Summer of the Cicada will remain with you for quite a while

—— Independent

The opening scene of Summer of the Cicada lodges itself in the mind and stays there until the final page... the ferocity of the violence, combined with the matter-of-fact way the scene unfolds, leaves an unforgettble impression... It is a measure of the artistry Will Napier brings to his first novel that the harrowing subject matter does not make for a depressing read

—— Sunday Telegraph

Brilliantly disturbing

—— Scotsman

The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare

—— Evening Standard

A handsome, collectable hardback edition

—— Lynne Truss, The Times

In its evocation of place, or, more exactly, of places in time, the book is masterful

—— Geoff Dyer , The Guardian

Beautifully written... darkly comic

—— David Lodge

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