The Financial Expert (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: R. K. Narayan
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: The late 1940’s
- Setting: Malgudi, in southern India
- 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
Characters Discussed
Margayya, the owner of a small business, in his thirties. A wizard with numbers, crafty, and unscrupulous, Margayya earns a modest living as a financial consultant from a spot under a banyan tree in the Indian town of Malgudi. Eventually, he becomes a wealthy moneylender and banker, but when he assaults an old associate, he loses his reputation, his business, and his fortune.
Meena, Margayya’s wife, his uncomprehending confidant and his scapegoat. Although she is frightened by his rages and his irrational schemes, she accepts the various changes in...
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