‘Mr. Sampath’ was published in 1949 by R.K. Narayan, one of the three major Indian fiction authors of the mid-20th century, the other two being Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. ‘Mr. Sampath’ is the novel of Malgudi’s printer and big talker who dons many caps to earn fame, reputation, and money. The novel is set in the first decade of India’s independence in the fictional South … [Read more...] about ‘Mr. Sampath’ by R.K. Narayan: Summary