# Guide, (With An Introduction By Pico Iyer)

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- Authors: [NARAYAN R. K.](https://www.bookquiver.com/narayan-r-k)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2018-08-01

## Description

Set in Malgudi, a corrupt tourist guide, together with his lover, the dancer Rosie, leads a prosperous life before he is thrown into prison. After release he rests on the steps of an abandoned temple when a peasant passing by mistakes him for a holy man. Slowly, almost reluctantly, he begins to play the part, acting as a spiritual guide to the village community. Raju’s holiness is put to the test when a drought strikes the village, and he is asked to fast for twelve days to summon the rains. ‘The best of R. K. Narayan’s enchanting novels’- New Yorker ‘A brilliant accomplishment . . . Narayan is the compassionate man who can write of human life as comedy’- New York Times Book Review ‘Narayan is such a natural writer, so true to his experience and emotions’-V. S. Naipaul

## Editions

### Guide, (With An Introduction By Pico Iyer)

- Publisher: india_penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4341-498-8
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2018-08-01
- Language: en_IN