Author: Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001.
Publication year: 1988
Format: Paperback
Publisher: London : Penguin,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780140185478 (pbk.) :
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Viking, 1958; London: Heinemann, 1980.
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, he begins to play the part.
Series title: Penguin twentieth-century classics