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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: A Novel Audiobook
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Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness.
Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case. A sullen government worker, Sampath is inspired only when in search of a quiet place to take his nap. "But the world is round," his grandmother says. "Wait and see! Even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up the other side. Yes, on top of the world. He is just taking a longer route." No one believes her until, one day, Sampath climbs into a guava tree and becomes unintentionally famous as a holy man, setting off a series of events that spin increasingly out of control. A delightfully sweet comic novel that ends in a raucous bang, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought.
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"Enchanting--A meticulously crafted piece of gently comic satire that attests to the author's pitch-perfect ear for character and mood, and her natural storytelling gifts."
— Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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Clearly envisioned and opulently told.
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Delectable--With this sprightly first novel, Kiran Desai takes her place among the pack of gifted young Indian writers.
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Crackling, witty, sharply visual prose--[Desai] is a delightfully funny, amiable satirist.
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A festival of comic eccentricity--exudes charisma, poetry, and joy in language and life.
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A charming, lyrical fable about destiny and the nature of kinship.
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Wryly hilarious--a roller-coaster ride through the nonsense of chance and human foolishness.
— Portland Oregonian
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About Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is the bestselling author of the novels Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss, both of which won the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Born in India, she came to the United States when she was sixteen and now lives in New York City.
About Vidish Athavale
Saskia Maarleveld is an experienced voice-over actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator. Raised in New Zealand and France, she is highly skilled with accents and dialects, and many of her books have been narrated entirely in accents other than her own. In addition to audiobooks, her voice can be heard in animation, video games, and commercials.