The racontuers

What is Jeffery Archer doing in Pune so often? Twice in six months is often enough. More intriguing, apart from the appalling interview the Times of India managed to conduct on both occasions, is why the former jailbird considers R K Narayan the best Indian writer in English.
I have read Narayan and Archie prefers Narayan to Rushdie and Naipaul because, like ol’ Jeffers, RK is first and foremost, a storyteller. In fact, that’s all RK really is. Language is merely and solely the means. There is no shame in that. A good storyteller is irresistible. Ask Lord Archer.