The Bungler

This novel originally written in Telugu and published in 1947 came at a time of personal despondency and national turmoil. Gopichand created a unique anti-hero a wealthy feudal landlord who delights in helping others. Soon he becomes impoverished and expects gratitude and help from those he had earlier aided. He develops a grudge against the world. His split personality advocates now one point of view and then its exact opposite. The novelist achieves the interiorization of the outer and the externalization of the inner world of a character as no one has ever done before him in Telugu literature.