For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A
man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides
himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy,
a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control
to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself
smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon
realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's
fictional city of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs is a wry, bittersweet
treasure.
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