{"product_id":"hullabaloo-in-the-guava-orchard-paperback","title":"Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKiran Desai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Betty Trask Award, Kiran Desai's dazzling debut novel is a hilarious story of life, love, and family that tells the surprising and delightful story of a young man's unusual path to fame in a small Northern Indian city\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraised by Salman Rushdie and Junot Diaz, among others, \u003ci\u003eHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e was published to great acclaim in 1998, and established Kiran Desai as a vivid literary voice eight years before \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e won the Man Booker Prize. Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought into a family not quite like other families, in a town not quite like other towns. After years of failure and spending his days dreaming in tea stalls, it does not seem as if Sampath is going to amount to much--until one day he climbs a guava tree in search of peaceful contemplation and becomes unexpectedly famous as a holy man, sending his tiny town into turmoil. A syndicate of larcenous, alcoholic monkeys terrorizes the pilgrims who cluster around Sampath's tree, spies and profiteers descend on the town, and none of Desai's outrageous characters goes unaffected as events spin increasingly out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiran Desa\u003c\/b\u003ei was born in India in 1971. She is the author of the critically acclaimed\u003ci\u003e Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e and the Man Booker Prize winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e. Educated in India, England, and the United States, she received her M.F.A. from Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378826506342,"sku":"9780802163981","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/JRu6T31cMK9780802163981.webp?v=1768912353","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/hullabaloo-in-the-guava-orchard-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}