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Winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for her second novel The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is one of the most talented writers of her generation. Now available for the first time as a Grove Press paperback, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard--Desai's dazzling debut novel--is a wryly hilarious and poignant story that simultaneously captures the vivid culture of the Indian subcontinent and the universal intricacies of human experience. Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought into a family not quite like other families, in a town not quite like other towns. After years of failure at school, failure at work, of spending his days dreaming in tea stalls, it does not seem as if Sampath is going to amount to much--until one day he climbs a guava tree in search of peaceful contemplation and becomes unexpectedly famous as a holy man, sending his tiny town into turmoil. A syndicate of larcenous, alcoholic monkeys terrorizes the pilgrims who cluster around Sampath's tree, spies and profiteers descend on the town, and none of Desai's outrageous characters goes unaffected as events spin increasingly out of control.

About the Author :
KIRAN DESAI was born in India in 1971. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and the Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Inheritance of Loss. Educated in India, England, and the United States, she received her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

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Praise for Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: A Book Sense 76 Selection "Delectable--with this sprightly first novel, Kiran Desai takes her place among the pack of gifted young Indian writers." --The Wall Street Journal "So fresh and funny and delicious that it defies comparison." --The Times (London) "A finely tuned fable that attests to the author's pitch-perfect ear. . . . The author delineates [the characters] with such with and bemused affection that they insinuate themselves insidiously in our minds." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "With remarkably complex characters, unpredictable plot twists and vivid descriptions . . . a spectacularly fresh vision." --Reena Jana, San Francisco Chronicle "Crackling, witty, sharply visual prose . . . She is a delightfully funny, amiable satirist." --The Atlantic Monthly "There is so much to admire in this charming book, dainty in its construction but ballasted by real emotion, that to call Desai a young writer of promise would do her a disservice. On this showing she is already a finished article." --The Sunday Telegraph "A charming, lyrical fable." --Harper's Bazaar "A delicious blend of humor and magic, hilarity and wisdom--and unexpected poetry. Kiran Desai's language will continue to delight you long after you turn the last page." --Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni "[Desai's] novel exudes charisma, poetry and joy in language and life. It's a sparkling debut." --Donna Rifkind, The Baltimore Sun "This is a beguiling novel, fresh and funny and warmhearted." --Roxana Robinson "Kiran Desai has two remarkable gifts--of comedy and fantasy. Add to this a flair for storytelling and you have the uproarious, whimsical and occasionally stinging Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard." --Bhaswati Chakravorty, The Telegraph Calcutta "Desai's writing is funny, often hilarious, and richly imaginative." --Globe & Mail "Desai is a lavish, sharp-eyed fabulist whose send-up of small-town culture cuts to the heart of human perversity." --The New Yorker "Clearly envisioned and opulently told . . . Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as memorable as its title. With it, Desai joins the ranks of Anglo-Indian writers who have energized English literature with their imaginative, complex storytelling." --Tammie Bob, Chicago Tribune "Lush and intensely imagined. Welcome proof that India's encounter with the English language continues to give birth to new children, endowed with lavish gifts." --Salman Rushdie "A delicious blend of humor and magic, hilarity and wisdom--and unexpected poetry. Kiran Desai's language will continue to delight you long after the last page." --Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni "With this radiant novel, Kiran Desai parts the waters. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard evokes a bright, buoyant world, and the warmth and generosity of her writing makes for a joyous debut." --Junot Díaz "A hullabaloo of a debut from a vibrant, creative imagination." --Gita Mehta


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780802194916
  • Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Grove Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802194915
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 224


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