Swami and Friends (Oxford Illustrated Classics)
by NARAYAN, R.K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192745247
- ISBN 13
- 9780192745248
- Seller
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Synopsis
Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by R. K. Narayan, a celebrated English language novelist from India. The novel, which is also Narayan's first, is set in pre-independence days in India, in a fictional town called Malgudi. The second book is The Bachelor of Arts and the third is The English Teacher. A paperback edition was issued in Chicago by the University of Chicago Press in 1980 with ISBN 0-226-56829-6.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 426025
- Title
- Swami and Friends (Oxford Illustrated Classics)
- Author
- NARAYAN, R.K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0192745247
- ISBN 13
- 9780192745248
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- FirstBook
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