Devil In Pinstripes by Ravi Subramanian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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 benefits. 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.


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