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Ratings: ★★★★★ (4.7/5)
Genre: Literary Fiction / South Asian Literature / Comic Novel / Satire

Review:
The Financial Expert is R.K. Narayan's masterpiece about Margayya, a complex and entrancing character who advises the people of Malgudi on financial transactions under a banyan tree. After a brush with a bank secretary and his son's destructive act, his career is cut short – but through a series of amusing incidents, he grows rich and reverts to financial wizardry. Remarkable for its vigour, unselfconscious ease, and humour, this novel has been praised as ''unique in world literature'' (Flensburger Tageblatt). A precious book full of hidden irony and humour. This Centenary Edition commemorates Narayan's 100th birth anniversary.