The Guide is a 1958 novel by R. K. Narayan about spiritual transformation set in the fictional town of Malgudi, India. Raju is a shady tour guide who falls in love with Rosie, a dancer. Rosie's husband does not approve of her career but Raju does, and they begin living together with Raju as her manager. Raju is soon sent to prison for forgery. After his release he ends up in a famine-stricken village where he becomes a spiritual guide, fasting and possibly dying in the end.