The room on the roof is his first formal literary work and of course one of his much acclaimed works.
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Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
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.
Rusty is the main character who lives in dehra uttarakhand.
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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John harrison his father s.
I wonder why children of my generation don t read more of his books.
Here are some books i.
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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.
At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community.
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The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty.