'The best of R.K. Narayan's enchanting novels'— The New Yorker
Raju, a corrupt tourist guide, together with his lover, the dancer Rosie, leads
a prosperous life before he is thrown into prison. After release he rests on the
steps of an abandoned temple when a peasant passing by mistakes him for a holy
man. Slowly, almost reluctantly, he begins to play the part, acting as a
spiritual guide to the village community. Raju's holiness is put to the test
when a drought strikes the village, and he is asked to fast for twelve days to
summon the rains.
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