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| name = A Writer's Nightmare<br />
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| image = File:AWritersNightmare.jpg<br />
| caption = First edition<br />
| author = [[R. K. Narayan]]<br />
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| country = India<br />
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| genre = [[Essays]]<br />
| publisher = [[Penguin Books]]<br />
| release_date = 1988<br />
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| media_type = Print<br />
| pages = <br />
| isbn = 978-0-14-010791-3<br />
| dewey = 824 20<br />
| congress = PR9499.3.N3 A6 1987<br />
| oclc = 20542881<br />
| preceded_by = [[Talkative Man]]<br />
| followed_by = [[The World of Nagaraj]]<br />
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'''''A Writer's Nightmare''''' is a collection of essays by [[R. K. Narayan]] published in 1988 by [[Penguin Books]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Brians|first=Paul|title=Modern South Asian literature in English|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2003|pages=74|isbn=978-0-313-32011-8|oclc=231983154}}</ref> The essays included in the book are about topics as diverse as the [[Caste system in India|caste system]], love, Nobel prize winners and monkeys; the book provides readers a unique view of Indian life.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103392863.html?dids=103392863:103392863&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23%2C+1989&author=By+John+Gabree&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PAPERBACKS+Artists+of+the+Essay&pqatl=google|title=PAPERBACKS Artists of the Essay|last=Gabree|first=John|date=July 23, 1989|publisher=[[Newsday]]|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref> The essays were written at various points between 1958 and 1988; the book includes a significant essay, ''Misguided Guide'', expressing Narayan's displeasure with the film [[Guide (film)|''Guide'']], based on his book ''[[The Guide]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thieme|first=John|title=R. K. Narayan|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2007|pages=215|isbn=978-0-7190-5927-8|oclc=153556493}}</ref><br />
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