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Item Details
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THE FINANCIAL EXPERT
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| By: |
R. K. Narayan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226568415 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226568416 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 1981 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Set in the southern Indian town of Malgudi, this rags-to-riches story centres around the life and pursuits of Margayya, a man of many hopes but few resources. Margayya spends his time under the banyan tree offering expert financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. |
| 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 |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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