There are so many lovely things to see, there is so much to do, so much fun to be had and so many charming and interesting people to meet. How can My pen ever run dry? One of India’s finest and most prolific writers, Ruskin Bond has been putting pen to paper for well over six decades. Since the room on the roof his award-winning debut novel which introduced readers to the unforgettable rusty, the orphan from Dehradun bond has created characters both charming and eccentric, which have endured in popular imagination? And, in what is perhaps his most towering achievement, bond has brought to pulsing life The mountains, valleys and rivers of Garhwal, as well as the quiet magic of small, tucked-away places, in book after book. The writer on the Hillis a comprehensive selection of Bond’s fiction and non-fiction, both popular and little-known. In ‘masters’, a young man meets his old Hindi teacher on a train platform, in handcuffs. In the excerpt from the room on the roof, rusty stands up to his bullying guardian. ‘Man and leopard’ describes, in mesmerising prose, a heart-breaking encounter between man and the wild. And, in ‘once upon a mountain time’, bond creates a charming portrait of his little patch of Earth in Mussoorie. A tribute to one of the most popular and loved writers of India, The writer on the Hillis also a celebration of the quiet, unhurried life, lived at one’s own pace. This volume will delight Bond’s fans everywhere.
The Acid House
IRVINE WELSH
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Reheated Cabbage
The Collected Short Stories Of Roald Dahl
ROALD DAHL
Let It Snow Film Tie-In
GREEN JOHN,JOHNSON MAUREEN,MYRACLE LAUREN
The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories
ANDREAS KARKAVITSAS
Nothing To Declare Stories
RABI THAPA
GRAND UNION
ZADIE SMITH
HAMISH HAMILTON/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
My Uncle Oswald
Beloved Mother Queen of the Night
SHONA RAMAYA
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SELF HELP
LORRIE MOORE
FABER & FABER/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
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