Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780571194872; 9780571195718
Subjects: Hermits; Fiction
Description: 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.