Four Gems, With New Introductions, Mark Acclaimed Indian Writer R. K. Narayans Centennial Introducing This Collection Of Stories, R. K. Narayan Describes How In India The Writer Has Only To Look Out Of The Window To Pick Up A Character And Thereby A Story. Powerful, Magical Portraits Of All Kinds Of People, And Comprising Stories Written Over Almost Forty Years, Malgudi Four Gems, With New Introductions, Mark Acclaimed Indian Writer R. K. Narayans Centennial Introducing This Collection Of Stories, R. K. Narayan Describes How In India The Writer Has Only To Look Out Of The Window To Pick Up A Character And Thereby A Story. Powerful, Magical Portraits Of All Kinds Of People, And Comprising Stories Written Over Almost Forty Years, Malgudi Days Presents Narayans Imaginary City In Full Color, Revealing The Essence Of India And Of Human Experience. An Astrologers Day The Missing Mail The Doctors Word Gatemans Gift The Blind Dog Fellow-feeling The Tigers Claw Iswaran Such Perfection Fathers Help The Snake-song Engine Trouble Forty-five A Month Out Of Business Attila The Axe Lawley Road Trail Of The Green Blazer The Martyrs Corner Wifes Holiday A Shadow A Willing Slave Leelas Friend Mother And Son Naga Selvi Second Opinion Cat Within The Edge God And The Cobbler Hungry Child Emden