num_pages: 209
description: A debut novel tells the story of young Sampath Chawla, a postal worker who never feels as though he fits into the small Indian town into which he is born, and one day climbs up a tree, only to become a famous holy man. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
language: English
title: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
titlecomplete: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
genres: Fiction, Cultural, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 5869
places: India
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press