The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty.
The room on the roof characters.
His parents died when he was around 6 years old and from that time mr.
A room on the roof characters.
Rusty is the main character who lives in dehra uttarakhand.
Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond it was bond s first literary venture.
The book mainly tries to portray the plight of this kid who is fighting with his own.
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At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community.
The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.
John harrison his father s.
Rusty is an immature youth who is going through a lot of feelings at the same time he feels lonely absurd and doesn t have any friends in dehra.
I wonder why children of my generation don t read more of his books.
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