num_pages: 160
description: A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human world too brutish and bewildering, he makes a dramatic bid for freedom. R.K. Narayan's story combines Hindu mysticism with ripe Malgudi comedy, viewing human absurdities through the eyes of a wild animal and revealing how, quite unexpectedly, Raja finds sweet companionship and peace.
language: English
title: A Tiger for Malgudi
titlecomplete: A Tiger for Malgudi
characters: Captain, Raja, the tiger
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Indian Literature, India, Asia, Humor, Novels, Animals, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 1838
publisher: Penguin Classics