Swami and Friends - Review

Review

Swami and Friends - Book Review

R. K. Narayan
Main articles
  • R. K. Narayan
  • Malgudi
  • Indian Thought Publications
Novels
  • 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
  • The Guide
  • The Man-Eater of Malgudi
  • The Vendor of Sweets
  • The Painter of Signs
  • A Tiger for Malgudi
  • Talkative Man
  • The World of Nagaraj
  • Grandmother's Tale
Collections
  • Malgudi Days
  • An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories
  • Lawley Road and Other Stories
  • A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories
  • Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories
  • The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories
Non-fiction
  • Next Sunday
  • My Dateless Diary
  • My Days
  • Reluctant Guru
  • The Emerald Route
  • A Writer's Nightmare
Mythology
Gods, Demons and Others
The Ramayana
The Mahabharata
Screen adaptations
  • Guide
  • Malgudi Days
  • Miss Malini

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