.. title: Book Review: The Financial Expert
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.. date: 2017-04-26 19:07:48 UTC-07:00
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The Financial Expert
by R.K. Narayan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The story of Margayya will remain etched in mind forever. For that story reminded me of a paternal grandfather's elder
brother, who was an accountant and a businessman and my maternal grandfather who was a very successful businessman,
and who overcame odds multiple times.
One particular incident narrated in this story made me recollect my
childhood in Madurai. Narayan narrates that during summer, the school children would sometimes come and ask for water
at Margayya's house. That used to happen at my grandma's house at Madurai too. We had a "Copper Sombu", a form of
crockery, to fetch water from inside for the thirsty and sometimes when the passerby asked for more water, we used go
inside, fetch another full sombu and share with them. Those passerby's had not relation to us, and they would simply
drop by when thirsty.
When Narayan shares these small incidents in the storybook, a reader who is grown up
in India is sure to become nostalgic and appreciate many nuances of Indian life.
I loved reading this book.