Standalone novel · 1998
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Sampath Chawla, a dreamy young clerk in the town of Shahkot, escapes his family and his job by climbing into a guava tree, and is soon taken for a holy man by crowds of pilgrims.
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Book facts
- Author
- Kiran Desai
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 1998
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Shahkot, India
- Characters charted
- 1
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
1 recurring or key character from Kiran Desai’s chart. Introduces Sampath Chawla.
Lead 1
- Sampath ChawlaFirst appearanceYoung post-office clerk who moves into a guava tree