Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is the first novel by Kiran Desai. In the town of Shahkot, in the shadow of the Himalayan foothills, lives Sampath Chawla, a bored, dreamy Post Office clerk distinguishing himself with lacklustre career ambitions. When he manages to lose his job, his father, Mr Cha...
I have had this book since 2006 when it won the Man Booker prize; the title really sang to me and the book itself seemed a siren call. Yet, it languished on my bookcase for five years before I finally read it. And I'm not sure whether it was worth the wait, or if it's actually better that I read ...