A Tiger for Malgudi

A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human world too brutish and bewildering, he makes a dramatic bid for freedom. R.K. Narayan's story combines Hindu mysticism with ripe Malgudi comedy, viewing human absurdities through the eyes of a wild animal and revealing how, quite unexpectedly, Raja finds sweet companionship and peace.

• Author
• R.K. Narayan

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 160

• Publisher
• Penguin Classics

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-14-018545-4

• EAN
• 9780140185454

• Characters
• Raja, the tiger, Captain

• Genres
• fiction, india, classics, animals, fantasy, asia, literature, humor, drama

• Release date
• 1994