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Mr. Empath.(Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher)(Mr. Sampath: the Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma)(Book review)

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R. K. Narayan Swami & Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher. Everyman's Library, 668 pages, $25

R. K. Narayan Mr. Sampath--The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma. Everyman's Library, 616 pages, $25

A comparison of car horns in the U.S. and India will serve to orient newcomers to R. K. Narayan (1906-2001). This is not to say that novice readers of his books must register acoustic differences between a Cadillac and an Ambassador on the one hand, or a Ford Explorer and a Maruti van on the other. I refer to competing protocols. In America, to be honked at is an insult. In India, the horn is a civic ...

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