Bankerupt

Bankerupt is Ravi Subramanian's latest fictional work that you will not be able to put down until you're done. The book is a meticulously researched thriller that can be easily understood by the average reader who is not so well-versed with the world of banking. The book covers real world issues like the Gun Control Act and elections in America. You might even lose yourself in the twists and turns of book and wonder if it's fiction at all.The book takes you through the lives of three individuals - Cirisha a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Adithya an investment banker at Greater Boston Global Bank in Mumbai and Cirisha's father an emu breeder in Coimbatore. Three more characters from MIT are introduced later in the book - James Deahl Michael Cardoza and Richard. Their six lives crash into each other creating utter chaos.Richard is a research professor waiting to get tenured. Michael and James are sworn enemies. The National Rifle Association (NRA) asks Michael to work on a research assignment for them but he refuses and so James is approached by the NRA to study social psychology in relation to the Gun Control Act. Distrust sets in at this point and everybody has a motive to kill. Bankerupt published in 2005 and is available in paperback (ISBN-10 0143421387).Key FeaturesThe 320-page book is a great short read when you're in the mood for a thriller.The real and fictional worlds collide in this book by Ravi Subramanian who has won the Economist Crossword Book Award two times in a row for his other works. Review Ravi Subramanian has once again proved that he is a master of thriller not only with bank background but also within the most prestigious precincts of academic institutions. 'Bankerupt' makes you glued to it until you finishes the 319th page through nonstop reading. Congratulations Mr Ravi Subramanian! You have carved a niche for yourself in writing and established that you can weave a magic web around the readers through your racy style! --G Swaminathan Sep 24 2013Good story line as you always expect from the author how the retails shop can be used for the ill-will of a person in the top and how the money laundry happens are detailed. Light weight but good one. --Ragothaman Giridharagopalan Feb 24 2015a very good thriller. worth a read for sure. fast and set with Indian characters a riveting web of fraud love and murder --srinivasan tatachari Nov 8 2014 About the Author About the Author Ravi Subramanian shot to fame with his first book If God Was A Banker in 2007. Later he gave us I Bought The Monk's Ferrari Devil in Pinstripes The Incredible Banker and The Bankster. Before he began writing thrilling books related to the world of banking he worked in the financial services industry for almost 20 years. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 1993.