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The Financial Expert
First UK edition
AuthorR. K. Narayan
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMethuen (UK)
Publication date
1952
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint
Preceded byMr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi 
Followed byWaiting 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.