The Financial Expert

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The Financial Expert
Author	R. K. Narayan
Country	India
Genre(s)	Novel
Publication date	1952
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi
Followed by	Waiting for the Mahatma

The Financial Expert is a 1952 novel by R. K. Narayan. It takes place, as do many other novels and short stories by this author, in the town of Malgudi. The central character in this book is the financial expert Margayya, who offers advice to his fellow townspeople from under his position at the banyan tree. He is a man of many aspirations and this novel delves into some level of psychological analysis.

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Analysis of themes & plot in The Financial Expert

v • d • e Works by R. K. Narayan

Novels:	Swami and Friends · The Bachelor of Arts · The English Teacher · Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi · The Financial Expert · Waiting for the Mahatma · The Guide · The Man-Eater of Malgudi · The Vendor of Sweets · The Painter of Signs · A Tiger for Malgudi · Talkative Man · The World of Nagaraj

Short story collections:	The World of Malgudi · Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories · The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories

Short stories:	"Dodu and Other Stories" · "Cyclone and Other Stories" · "An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories" · "Lawley Road and Other Stories" · "A Horse and Two Goats" · "Malgudi Days" · "Under the Banyan Tree" · "The Grandmother's Tale"

Non-fiction:	Next Sunday · My Dateless Diary · My Days · The Emerald Route · A Writer's Nightmare · Like The Sun Mythology: (Gods, Demons and Others · The Ramayana · The Mahabharata)