> Ah, Narayan! What to say except that he's one of the best writers I've
> ever read. I wasn't so crazy about his short stories, but his novels are
> amazing. He makes a lot of the western novel good guy/bad guy, wrong
> choice/right choice type stuff look pretty silly....which it is. I read
> "The Painter of Sings," "The Vendor of Sweets," and "The Bachelor of
> Arts" and am looking forward to the other dozen novels.
>
i am glad you like(d) his work. my own favourite (i am not quite sure i can articulate why) is 'mr. sampath'.
> I still can't stand Naipaul though. Ugh.
screw him... stuffy old constipated fool! ;-)
--ravi