Assess R.K.Narayn's "The Guide" as a Picaresque Novel.
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The novel can be called a picaresque one! The guide Raju is a man, driven by reckless behaviour & self interest. Yet, the end has him changing into a saint- like man. And he, for once, decides to be fully selfless for the sake of the trusting villagers who had pinned all their hopes on him.
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