Swami and Friends

Swami and Friends
Cover of Malgudi School days 2009 Puffin Classics edition
AuthorR. K. Narayan
Cover artistR. K. Laxman
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Published1935 Hamilton
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint
Pages459
ISBN978-0-09-928227-3
OCLC360179
Followed byThe Bachelor of Arts 

Swami and Friends is the first of a series of novels written by R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from India. The novel, the first book Narayan wrote, is set in British India in a town called Malgudi. The second and third books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.

The novel follows a ten-year-old schoolboy, Swaminathan, and his attempts to court the favour of a much wealthier schoolboy, Rajam.

Malgudi Schooldays is a slightly abridged version of Swami and Friends, and includes two additional stories featuring Swami from Malgudi Days and Under the Banyan Tree.[1]

  1. ^ Username * (2009-11-15). "Malgudi Schooldays". Penguin Books India. Retrieved 2014-02-01.