TY - BOOK AU - Narayan, R. K. TI - The man-eater of Malgudi SN - 9780143414964 U1 - 823.91 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Penguin Books KW - City and town life - Fiction KW - India - Social life and customs - Fiction KW - Malgudi (India : Imaginary place) - Fiction N1 - With an Intoduction by Pico Iyer N2 - The Man-eater of Malgudi revolves around Nataraj, a mild-mannered owner of a small printing press, who leads a contented life with his circle of friends: a poet, a journalist, and Sastri, his assistant. One day, Vasu, a pugnacious taxidermist, moves into Nataraj's house, and soon begins to encroach on his life, scaring away his friends and customers. Nataraj is intimidated by Vasu, but when the taxidermist covets the beloved temple elephant to add to his collection of stuffed hyenas, tigers and pythons, Nataraj rises to the occasion. ER -