The messenger

by R.K. Laxman

Genres: Fiction

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

'''Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman''' (born October 23 1924, Mysore, India) is an Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humorist. He is widely regarded as India's greatest-ever cartoonist and is best known for his creation ''The Common Man".

R. K. Laxman was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He has won many awards for his cartoons, including Asia's top journalism award, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, in 1984.

Reviews

[Vikas Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the two novels that R.K. Laxman wrote. The plot is clearly inspired from his days working at the Free Press Journal. It is a delightful tale of young editor who slogs to keep the paper alive while managing the affairs of his proprietor and teaching his son, all the while juggling between keeping his mother happy and trying to find a solution to marry his love. In the end when everything looks bleak he takes his sweet revenge. Light, enjoyable read

[Srikumar Krishna Iyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just wished he had written more novels in his lifetime.
Such a great observer of the surroundings, ambience (which we can easily see in his cartoon strips).
In this particular edition I noticed lots of typos hope that they would have been corrected in future editions.
Another nice little novel with a protagonist reflecting the common man & his problems.
It was a nice ending. 👍
Reminds me of his brother's style of writing.

[Kalaivani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read..like a read at coffe table...this novel has typical R.K laxman's wit on common things happening around anyone.
It was indeed a journey i took along with Shekar ( main character of the novel).
His cartoon in the cover of the book rekindled his cartoons in newspaper.

[Archana Sridhar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a breezy read. As many of us who have/ will be in the age group of 25-30, one would be able to relate to the lead character Sekhar's life. As is seen in R.K. Laxman's books, a snippet into the life of a Mumbaikar makes his books a little more joyful

[Ram · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The Messenger” by R.K. Laxman, who is the brother of the famous R.K. Narayan, one of the most well known and well liked writers from India.

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