TY - BOOK AU - Raja Rao TI - The cat and shakespeare : : a tale of India SN - 9780948724299 U1 - 823.912 PY - 2014/// CY - Gurgaon PB - Penguin KW - India KW - Indic fiction (English) KW - Manners and customs N2 - The Cat and Shakespeare is a gentle, almost teasing fable of two friends. Govindan Nair is an astute, down-to-earth philosopher and clerk, who tackles the problems of routine living with extraordinary common sense and gusto, and whose refreshing and unorthodox conclusions continually panic Ramakrishna Pai, Nair's friend, neighbour and narrator of the story. This evocative novel brings alive the raw texture of life in Trivandrum, and delights in its humour ER -