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R. K. Narayan
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The Vendor of Sweets (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) |
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English |
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Mass Market Paperback |
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144 |
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1993-06-01 |
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014018550X |
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Penguin Classics |
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0.2 pounds |
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0.43 x 5.08 x 7.66 inches |
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While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half-American wife and a grand plan for selling novel-writing machines. From different generations and different cultures, father and son are forced to confront each other, and are taken by surprise ...
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