The Financial Expert (Phoenix Fiction)

R. K. Narayan

ISBN 10: 0226568415 / ISBN 13: 9780226568416

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1999

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Synopsis:

In The Financial Expert, R. K. Narayan once again transports readers to the southern Indian town of Malgudi. This story centers around the life and pursuits of Margayya, a man of many hopes but few resources, who spends his time under the banyan tree offering expert financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. Margayya's rags-to-riches story brings forth the rich imagery of Indian life with the absorbing details and vivid storytelling that are Narayan's trademarks. "The novels of R. K. Narayan are the best I have read in any language for a long time."--Amit Roy, Daily Telegraph "The experience of reading one of his novels is ...comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization of the common humanity of all peoples."--Margaret Parton, New York Herald Tribune Book Review "The hardest of all things for a novelist to communicate is the extraordinary ordinariness of most human happiness...Jane Austen, Soseki, Chekhov: a few bring it off. Narayan is one of them."--Francis King, Spectator

From the Publisher: Timeless
'R K Narayan has few equals among modern novelists' Times Literary Supplement

‘One of the most charming masters of twentieth-century fiction’ Allan Masie, Scotsman

In the shade of a banyan tree sits Margayva, self-styled advisor on the complex minor transactions which are an integral part of Indian life. Who else would you consult if you wanted a loan from the local Co-operative Bank?

But a scrape with officialdom in the form of an unplanned interview with the Bank’s Secretary – and a mishap which finds his spoilt son Balu throwing his accounts book down a drain – temporarily cuts short a lucrative career...

‘Original, charming, lively, engaging and subtle’ Times of India

‘The novelist I admire most in the English language’ Graham Greene

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Financial Expert (Phoenix Fiction)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition