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Devil In Pinstripes (2010)

by Ravi Subramanian(Favorite Author)

2.98 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8129115514 (ISBN13: 9788129115515)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Rupa & Co.

review 1: First, I would like to congratulate Ravi for his approach towards educating the reader on banking industry, in India. This book is a jumble of plots which is daily seen in corporate politics played by the so-called white collared top notch executives in their quest for protecting their current portfolios as well as climb up the corporate ladders by hook or crook. It is well depicted as to how two power centers (Amit Sharma and Gowri Shankar) in one company cannot go together, no matter even if they had to compromise their personal lives.The plots and games played over each other in the corporate office by both these executives is a real fun and brought out well by the author. The mediator is Aditya, the boss of both these guys and who again is a master plotter for his own ... morebenefits. The entire story revolves around these three guys and brings out how people can make and break their lives in banking industry, some for the sake of monetary benefits and others for name and fame. One can view this book as battle between two honchos, one who has risen by way of experience and the other by way of his educational qualification. Ultimately, no one can be blamed as both seem to be right in their own perspectives in plotting against each other. Iam sure that almost every individual who works in a corporate environment is subject to such twists and turns in their professional lives either due their peers, superiors or subordinates, and in the process compromise their family lives too.Though the book started with a bang, the ending seemed to be a little bland. Finally, this book can also be viewed as an audit guide to get useful tips on how audit on various functions can be conducted and how various kinds of scams can be unearthed in certain functions of any company for that matter.
review 2: Continuing with the Indian Author spree, I now completed the Banking Trilogy by Ravi Subramanian. I wonder if trilogy is actually the word here coz' I felt I was reading the same book thrice. Not that I am complaining because I would have never gone for the third book - 'Devil in Pinstripes' after the second one - The Incredible Banker. (First being If God was a banker) The author makes carries forward the story line in a way, gripping enough to make you feel it is a fresh story though with a repeated background, which had to be similar to Ravi Subramanian's own years of experience of working in foreign banks operating in India.Though we keep blaming Chetan Bhagat for this but let's accept, the Indian Bollywood majorly affects our Indian writers. Here too, the book starts with a situation, a difficult one for a top notch corporate figure in a Bank and carries on in two different parallel timelines - one tracing back to the time the protagonist graduated & started with his career, his initial career, the friends/ enemies/ frenimies & mentors he made along & the other related to the events which unrelated to our hero, but led to make the situation where he is at this stage. Intriguing twists & turns while equally interesting characters which make the story complete bringing in the extra masala borrowed from Bollywood. less

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