The Financial Expert

The Financial Expert

First UK edition
Author R. K. Narayan
Country India
Language English
Publisher Methuen (UK)
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.

Film adaption

"The Financial Expert" was adapted to a Kannada-language film, "Banker Margayya", in 1983.


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