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The years 1395-1815 CE drastic upheavals rapidly change the island’s culture and politics

challenging approach to the world around us

their hopes and regrets

The Guide by R K Narayan mythical This fascinating book by cutting-edgeRailway Raju is a disarmingly corrupt tourist guide, who lives by his wits and falls in love with a beautiful dancer. More by chance than skill, he seduces her away from her husband, a lonely writer who is obsessed with local rock carvings, and transforms her into a celebrity courted by wealthy and influential dignitaries wherever she performs. Raju makes and loses a fortune, finds himself in jail, and through a series of hilarious, ironic