Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

by Kiran Desai

Faber and Faber, 1999, ISBN 0571195717, paperback

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, age toned pages, no inscriptions, uncreased spine (see photographs)

“Sampath Chawla was born into a family a bit off kilter, to a mother not quite like her neighbours, in a town not quite like other towns.  After years of failure at school, failure at work, of spending his days dreaming in the tea stalls and singing to himself in the public gardens, it does not seem as if Sampath is going to amount to much.  ‘But the world is round’, says his grandmother, ‘wait and see!’ Even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up out on the other side.  Yes, on top of the world.  He is just taking the longer route.’  No one believes her.  Until Sampath climbs a guava tree in search of a life of peaceful contemplation – and becomes unexpectedly famous as a hermit.”