Winnerofthe2006ManBookerPrizeandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforFictionforhersecondnovelTheInheritanceofLoss,KiranDesaiisoneofthemosttalentedwritersofhergeneration.NowavailableforthefirsttimeasaGrovePresspaperback,HullabaloointheGuavaOrchardDesai'sdazzlingdebutnovelisawrylyhilariousandpoignantstorythatsimultaneouslycapturesthevividcultureoftheIndiansubcontinentandtheuniversalintricaciesofhumanexperience.SampathChawlawasborninatimeofdroughtintoafamilynotquitelikeotherfamilies,inatownnotquitelikeothertowns.Afteryearsoffailureatschool,failureatwork,ofspendinghisdaysdreaminginteastalls,itdoesnotseemasifSampathisgoingtoamounttomuchuntilonedayheclimbsaguavatreeinsearchofpeacefulcontemplationandbecomesunexpectedlyfamousasaholyman,sendinghistinytownintoturmoil.Asyndicateoflarcenous,alcoholicmonkeysterrorizethepilgrimswhoclusteraroundSampath'stree,spiesandprofiteersdescendonthetown,andnoneofDesai'soutrageouscharactersgoesunaffectedaseventsspinincreasinglyoutofcontrol.