num_pages: 128
description: The Talkative Man tells the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at the Malgudi train station to pursue a purported U.N. project. The stranger winds up staying at Talkative Man's home, where he begins to seduce the librarian's daughter.
language: English
title: Talkative Man
titlecomplete: Talkative Man (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, Drama, India, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels
ratings_count: 1127
publisher: Penguin Classics