 Narayan 's next novel , The Man @-@ Eater of Malgudi , was published in 1961 . The book was reviewed as having a narrative that is a classical art form of comedy , with delicate control . After the launch of this book , the restless Narayan once again took to travelling , and visited the U.S. and Australia . He spent three weeks in Adelaide , Sydney and Melbourne giving lectures on Indian literature . The trip was funded by a fellowship from the Australian Writers ' Group . By this time Narayan had also achieved significant success , both literary and financial . He had a large house in Mysore , and wrote in a study with no fewer than eight windows ; he drove a new Mercedes @-@ Benz , a luxury in India at that time , to visit his daughter who had moved to Coimbatore after her marriage . With his success , both within India and abroad , Narayan started writing columns for magazines and newspapers including The Hindu and The Atlantic . 
