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.
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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.
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Add this copy of The Man-Eater of Malgudi to cart. $28.00, good condition, Sold by Blind Boy Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Outremont, QC, CANADA, published 1961 by Viking Books.
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Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover (US). Glued binding. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. First American edition, 1961 copyright. DJ, in Brodart cover, has creasing, large tear front, other small tears including modest loss to top of spine. Boards lightly bumped but generally nice; lettering bright on spine. Front endpapers have large stain where something had been laid in. Text edges moderately stained, top edge has darkened with age. Binding still in nice shape. Scarce with DJ.
Add this copy of The Man-Eater of Malgudi to cart. $81.66, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by Viking Adult.
