# The Man-eater of Malgudi

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- Authors: [R K Narayan](https://www.bookquiver.com/rk-narayan)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1993-06-24

## Description

This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenia l days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and pythons, and brings his dancing-women up the printer's private stairs. When Vasu, in search of larger game, threatens the life of a temple elephant that Natara j has befriended, complications ensue that are both laughable and tragic.

## Editions

### The Man-eater of Malgudi

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4018-548-5
- Pages: 176
- Published: 1993-06-24
- Language: en_GB

### The Man-Eater of Malgudi

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-11-0166-221-2
- Published: 1993-05-01
- Language: en_US