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".