The Man Eater Of Malgudi

Download or read book The Man-Eater of Malgudi written by R. K. Narayan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenia l days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and pythons, and brings his dancing-women up the printer's private stairs. When Vasu, in search of larger game, threatens the life of a temple elephant that Natara j has befriended, complications ensue that are both laughable and tragic.