The Financial Expert

by R. K. Narayan

Overview

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resources spends his time under a banyan tree dispensing financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. As charming as it is compassionate, this novel provides an indelible portrait of India in the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345803849
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/25/2012
Series:	Vintage International
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), born and educated in India, was the author of 14 novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene (who became a close friend), was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and O'Connor, among others.