The Financial Expert (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: R. K. Narayan
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Regional comedy
- Time of Work: The late 1940’s
- Setting: Malgudi (based on Mysore), in southern India
- Principal Characters: Margayya, Dr. Pal, Madan Lal, Balu, Arul Doss
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Culture, Family or family life, Race, 1940’s, Villages, India or East Indian people, Publishing or publishers, Ethics, Business or business people, Reincarnation, Printing, Loans
- Locales: India, Malgudi, India
The Novel
Margayya (who adopted his name, which means “one who shows the way”), a financial expert, is one of the minor businessmen who are to be found in most Indian towns and cities. Neither a moneylender nor really a banker, he is a manipulator of others’ affairs who accumulates a modest income by giving financial advice, selling forms, and showing illiterate farmers and peasants how to obtain loans from the Central Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank in Malgudi. His role as middleman is lucrative, for he has almost no overhead: His pen, ink, blotter, and account book are...
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