- Published: 15 September 2000
- ISBN: 9780099282266
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $32.00
Waiting For The Mahatma
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- Published: 15 September 2000
- ISBN: 9780099282266
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $32.00
R. K. Narayan's novels are like a box of Indian sweets: a highly-coloured container conceals a range of delectable treats, all different in a subtle way, but each one clearly from the same place. There are fourteen novels in the oeuvre-enough to create a world. Enthusiasts of his work will read them all and return to them time and again. The busy, or the less committed, may open the box and take out one at random-it does not really matter which order one reads them in. But be warned: the consumption of one leads to a strong craving for more
Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series