TY - BOOK AU - Narayan, R K TI - The guide SN - 9788185986074 U1 - 823.914 PY - 2020/// CY - Manipal PB - Indian Thought Publications KW - Spiritual life--Hinduism KW - Impostors and imposture N2 - The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R. K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. The novel describes the transformation of the protagonist, Raju, from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and then one of the greatest holy men of India ER -