Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard

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160 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 1998 by Faber.

ISBN:
978-0-571-19487-2
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OCLC Number:
60198461

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Fired from his job, the good-for-nothing Indian postal clerk, Sampath Chawla, 20, climbs a guava tree in search of contemplation and becomes a famous holy man. All of which proves his grandmother's point that the world is round and what goes downhill often emerges on top at the other end. A first novel.

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reviewed Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard by Kiran Desai

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Kiran Desai debuts with a fun read, full of creative small town imagery, funny characters and bountiful culinary aromas. The book is especially strong in the first half, but peters out towards the end.

My full review:
https://daariga.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/hullabaloo-in-the-guava-orchard/

Subjects

  • Hermits
  • Fiction