The guide: a novel
Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, almost grudgingly, he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's new holiness to the test.
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- Full title :The guide : a novel / R.K. Narayan.
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Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, almost grudgingly, he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's new holiness to the test.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
Notes
Originally published: New York: Viking, 1958; London: Heinemann, 1980.
The Physical Object
- Description:pages cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0143039644, 9780143039648
- oclc:ocm70229856
- LC Classification:PR9499.3.N3
- Dewey Decimal:823.912
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