Not A Nice Man to Know

This brand new updated edition with 18 new pieces from his more recent writings added to the original selection collects the best of over fifty years of his prose-including his finest journalistic pieces short stories translations jokes and a play as well as excerpts from his autobiography novels and non-fiction books. Taken together this collection shows just why Khushwant Singh is one of the country’s most celebrated and widely-read authors. About the Author Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel The Sunset Club written when he was 95 was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture Delhi nature current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography Truth Love and a Little Malice was published by Penguin Books in 2002.