Birth centenary edition. 216pp, illustrated. Pictorial strong card covers. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout barring a small nick at the top of the rear endpaper and a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In its original dust wrapper, slightly bumped on extreme edges.
R K Narayan was a leading Indian novelist of early Indian literature in English, friend of Grahame Greene and winner of many literary awards. He is perhaps best remembered for his novels set in the fictional Indian town of Malgudi.