Crazy Times with Uncle Ken

Read all the stories about Ruskin Bond’s bumbling and endearing Uncle Ken in this collection. Whenever Uncle Ken arrives at Grandma's house as he does frequently there is trouble afoot! Uncle Ken drives his car into a wall is mistaken for a famous cricketer troubled by a mischievous ghost chased by a swarm of bees and attacked by flying foxes. Be it the numerous bicycle rides with the author or his futile attempts at finding a job Uncle Ken's misadventures provide huge doses of laughter. Crazy Times with Uncle Ken includes old classics as well as new stories and will be enjoyed by all Ruskin Bond fans. About the Author Born in Kasauli in 1934 Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar Dehradun New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel The Room on the Roof written when he was seventeen received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over five hundred short stories essays and novellas (some included in the collections Dust on the Mountains and Classic Ruskin Bond) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1993 the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Delhi government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar for his ‘total contribution to children’s literature’ in 2013 and was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour Mussoorie with his extended family. He has regaled generations of readers for decades.