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[ DEVIL IN PINSTRIPES ] By Subramanian, Ravi ( AUTHOR ) Apr-2010[ Paperback ]
Devil in Pinstripes takes you behind the scenes through the power packed aisles of New York International Bank (Nyib) and the sharpest of its minds. It is the story of Amit, an ambitious Mba who joins Nyib and thereby, the world of high pressure competitive foreign banking and the current crisis that engulfs this sector. As life throws its curves, Amit finds himself stuck between the lives of three others his wife and later colleague, Chanda, Gowri, a power hungry political maestro par excellence and Amit's arch rival and above all, his mentor Aditya, who plays devious power games with almost everyone in his quest for success and fame.
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Ravi Subramanian
25 books803 followersRavi Subramanian's latest book - IN THE NAME OF GOD - a thriller, releases on June 26, 2017
Ravi Subramanian, an alumnus of IIM Bengaluru, has spent two decades working his way up the ladder of power in the amazingly exciting and adrenaline-pumping world of global banks in India.
He is the award winning author of eight bestselling books :
If God was a Banker (2007),
I Bought the Monks Ferrari (2007),
Devil in Pinstripes (2009),
The Incredible Banker (2011),
The Bankster (2012),
Bankerupt (2013).
God is a Gamer (2014)
The Bestseller She Wrote (2015)
His 9th book IN THE NAME OF GOD will release in 2017
If God was a Banker won him the Golden Quill readers choice award in 2008. He also won the Economist Crossword Book Award for The Incredible Banker in 2012. "The Bankster", released in 2012 won him the Crossword Book Award in 2013. In 2014 he won the Raymond Crossword book award for Bankerupt. His books have been translated into Hindi and Latvian. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Dharini, and daughter, Anusha.
To connect with him, log on to Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorravisubramanian or tweet to @subramanianravi or email him at info@ravisubramanian.in
Ravi Subramanian, an alumnus of IIM Bengaluru, has spent two decades working his way up the ladder of power in the amazingly exciting and adrenaline-pumping world of global banks in India.
He is the award winning author of eight bestselling books :
If God was a Banker (2007),
I Bought the Monks Ferrari (2007),
Devil in Pinstripes (2009),
The Incredible Banker (2011),
The Bankster (2012),
Bankerupt (2013).
God is a Gamer (2014)
The Bestseller She Wrote (2015)
His 9th book IN THE NAME OF GOD will release in 2017
If God was a Banker won him the Golden Quill readers choice award in 2008. He also won the Economist Crossword Book Award for The Incredible Banker in 2012. "The Bankster", released in 2012 won him the Crossword Book Award in 2013. In 2014 he won the Raymond Crossword book award for Bankerupt. His books have been translated into Hindi and Latvian. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Dharini, and daughter, Anusha.
To connect with him, log on to Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorravisubramanian or tweet to @subramanianravi or email him at info@ravisubramanian.in
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May 29, 2012
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.
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.
January 4, 2016
No where near the brilliance of the "Banker" series. This one comes as a disappointment. The story is weak and the narration not as taut as in his other books. The dealings in and the intricacies of the banking set-up are of little interest to the reader as it is difficult to relate to what is going on.
June 1, 2015
One more Ravi Subramanium novel for this year. It's a story of a corporate world with its ego clashes and dirty politics. The story is interesting. The language is pretty simple and characters well defined. What annoyed me was the author promoting himself and his previous books in the story which seemed unnecessary. Also, Indian authors have taken the liberty of using 'what all....' in dialogues which is the direct translation of 'kya sab...' 'What all' is incorrect English and I request authors to stop using it.
November 2, 2020
Devil in Pinstripes by Ravi Subramanian is an easy read about the complexities at work!
What worked :
1. The true to life stories. That Powerplay really does happen in a corporate office!!
2. The easy language and the smooth flow of the story.
What didn't work:
1. Somewhere the story just simply stretched out too much! I felt the author got too deep into sharing experiences, which in return bogged down the entire flow towards the middle.
What worked :
1. The true to life stories. That Powerplay really does happen in a corporate office!!
2. The easy language and the smooth flow of the story.
What didn't work:
1. Somewhere the story just simply stretched out too much! I felt the author got too deep into sharing experiences, which in return bogged down the entire flow towards the middle.
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May 3, 2021I cannot believe this is the same author who wrote the banker series. The writing style is amateurish. The story is boring and a drag. The characters are unlikable. There is no consistency in events. The insertion of a line in Hindi here and there is totally unnecessary and breaks the flow of reading. After 100 pages I skipped through most of them till the end. In a nutshell this book is a BIG dissapointment.
December 28, 2018
This book clearly reflects that it's one of Mr. Subramanian's earlier works where the story telling is amateurish and meanders around with no fixed objective to showcase.
Since his books are supposed to be thrillers in the banking sector, I expected a lot more page-turning twists and turns and the occasional dose of cliff hangers, something "In the name of God" had.
But I was thoroughly disappointed when the chapters had more to do with the 'setup' than the actual punchline. The focus was more on corporate politics and office conflicts rather than the actual crime.
Eventually when the suspense is revealed, it still didn't feel "devilish" enough.
Mr. Subramanian's personal biases and his opinions reflect throughout the story which serve no real purpose than merely filling pages. An easy read, it took only a day to complete. Not recommended.
Since his books are supposed to be thrillers in the banking sector, I expected a lot more page-turning twists and turns and the occasional dose of cliff hangers, something "In the name of God" had.
But I was thoroughly disappointed when the chapters had more to do with the 'setup' than the actual punchline. The focus was more on corporate politics and office conflicts rather than the actual crime.
Eventually when the suspense is revealed, it still didn't feel "devilish" enough.
Mr. Subramanian's personal biases and his opinions reflect throughout the story which serve no real purpose than merely filling pages. An easy read, it took only a day to complete. Not recommended.
May 20, 2019
What I hated about this book :
- too much self-referencing to the first book ”If god was a banker”. Even the usage of God was unnecessary sometimes except in the last phase.
- character development and dynamics are good but I expected much more as in why does Chanda blindly has faith in Amit even after in the course of events he is screwing up her career indirectly.
-the last twist that Amit already knew that Manish was investigating the Hyderabad issue and this he already knew the depth of the issue even when we are told that he never looked at the receipts book at the core branch of Hyderabad so how did he manage to know the issue. Yes, this is gulpable but Amit outsmarted Aditya. Tough to believe.
-POV problem: it feels like every character doesn't have much differentiation when they speak or what they speak. In the first book, Swami and Sandeep are poles apart not just with their physical characteristics and how they respond to the surroundings but to what they respond with. in this book I feel like Aditya and Amit are almost the same characters in what they speak.
What I loved and wanted more:
-The bank dynamics and how the fraud works at the bottom line. Yes, I want more of this. And this is the reason I go back to Ravi Subramanium’s books when my mind needs to escape. How the credit card officers pay the balance to make their targets at optimum so that the incentive is huge. Please more of that. How meagre office politics works.
- too much self-referencing to the first book ”If god was a banker”. Even the usage of God was unnecessary sometimes except in the last phase.
- character development and dynamics are good but I expected much more as in why does Chanda blindly has faith in Amit even after in the course of events he is screwing up her career indirectly.
-the last twist that Amit already knew that Manish was investigating the Hyderabad issue and this he already knew the depth of the issue even when we are told that he never looked at the receipts book at the core branch of Hyderabad so how did he manage to know the issue. Yes, this is gulpable but Amit outsmarted Aditya. Tough to believe.
-POV problem: it feels like every character doesn't have much differentiation when they speak or what they speak. In the first book, Swami and Sandeep are poles apart not just with their physical characteristics and how they respond to the surroundings but to what they respond with. in this book I feel like Aditya and Amit are almost the same characters in what they speak.
What I loved and wanted more:
-The bank dynamics and how the fraud works at the bottom line. Yes, I want more of this. And this is the reason I go back to Ravi Subramanium’s books when my mind needs to escape. How the credit card officers pay the balance to make their targets at optimum so that the incentive is huge. Please more of that. How meagre office politics works.
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February 2, 2020
This is my fourth read by this author and I'm yet to be impressed... This one, like the others I've read, starts off well enough but, as the story progresses, gets tedious and repetitive. The plot is good for a longer short-story, or a novella, and definitely not enough for a full length novel. There are several editorial errors, too. The author's pride regarding his first, bestselling novel, If Good was a Banker, is understandable. But, to mention that title more than once in this novel is a bit too much. To top it all, the author has tried to make a cameo appearance through a character with the same name!
To summarise, this one is an average read that would have been more enjoyable in a much shorter format.
To summarise, this one is an average read that would have been more enjoyable in a much shorter format.
October 12, 2020
Ravi Subramanian books are always about banking and bankers and this is not an exception.. Had to wait till.the climax.to.know the answer for the banging twist at the start of the book, which was not even interesting..
Nevertheless to say, it talked about corporate politics, how we lose ourselves working in MNC's, erratic working hours so on and so forth, it was like reminiscing my corporate life career..
Nevertheless to say, it talked about corporate politics, how we lose ourselves working in MNC's, erratic working hours so on and so forth, it was like reminiscing my corporate life career..
June 26, 2022
This book started well with the main character being arrested, without the reason, building the suspense. The book then alternates between past and present and develops the story.
It loses the plot midway though as it brings another character, Gowry, and overindulges in developing bigger than life character. The reading is just downhill from there. Last two chapters are the saving grace as the book salvages the end. This book had the potential but gave it away.
It loses the plot midway though as it brings another character, Gowry, and overindulges in developing bigger than life character. The reading is just downhill from there. Last two chapters are the saving grace as the book salvages the end. This book had the potential but gave it away.
October 10, 2019
The Good & Ugly!
The author being a banker brings out the details associated with certain situation(s) in a way that makes the reader glued to his novel.
The story of this novel basically deals with the smartness, cunningness and power hungriness of the bankers.
Very well described.
The author being a banker brings out the details associated with certain situation(s) in a way that makes the reader glued to his novel.
The story of this novel basically deals with the smartness, cunningness and power hungriness of the bankers.
Very well described.
July 10, 2020
Devil in Pinstrips
It is on corporate politics, leg pulling and ego clashes of top management. Story reavils Bank procedure, responsibilities and business tactics - right and wrong. How people manipulate things, twist processes and satisfying self ego. This is definitely a good read.
It is on corporate politics, leg pulling and ego clashes of top management. Story reavils Bank procedure, responsibilities and business tactics - right and wrong. How people manipulate things, twist processes and satisfying self ego. This is definitely a good read.
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July 28, 2020Devil in Pinstripes is simple fiction which is intense in terms of 'Situational Behavior'. Touches a chord with corporate practices, which are wrong by law and books but right and a requirement for the survival at times. At the end of the day, aren’t we all 'Devil in Pinstripes' one way or the other. A Great Read.
September 26, 2024
The strongest point is that the story moves along and doesn’t get heavy. Some parts are repetitive - like the parts that tell us Aditya always has a motive for anything he does for others or that Gowri g.has his people everywhere. Gets tedious after a while.
But overall, a decent premise. The fact that the author knows the setting comes across clearly.
Good for a one time read.
But overall, a decent premise. The fact that the author knows the setting comes across clearly.
Good for a one time read.
June 29, 2017
The book is quite boring and the sexism vibes are evident from the beginning. The characters suddenly start portraying behaviour totally opposite to their personalities and it just looks like the author is just trying way too hard to c on next the dots.
July 23, 2020
A good read! The book begins well and the plot thickens interestingly but towards the end it is a masala. Sadly that seems to be my view about all his books. Seems like a hurried finish! Still a good book to read
July 6, 2017
Superb
January 4, 2018
A good plot but dragging at many places to bring it to the climax. And few jargons and repeated premise of previous other stories too. But readable.
March 11, 2018
Good one
Comparing with the other bests of author i would rate this 4. Almost in mid we can see through what's gonna be the end
Comparing with the other bests of author i would rate this 4. Almost in mid we can see through what's gonna be the end
July 28, 2018
Superb... a must read
August 15, 2018
While it takes you through the usual twists and turns of the Indian banking extravaganza like usual Ravi Subramanian books, its kind of an anti-climax.
April 27, 2019
Very gripping
It's quite well written. Characters defined well. Story unfolds very nicely. Definitely worth the read. Looking forward to more books from the author
It's quite well written. Characters defined well. Story unfolds very nicely. Definitely worth the read. Looking forward to more books from the author
March 23, 2020
Interesting
A good one.Give us an insight in to the practices carried on by foreign banks in India and the internal politics
A good one.Give us an insight in to the practices carried on by foreign banks in India and the internal politics
March 28, 2020
Considering the writers other books.. i could not indulge myself in the story of this book.
November 26, 2020
C....R....A....P
September 17, 2022
Story set in the banking environment. Ravi excels in financial thrillers.
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September 9, 2024
Typical Ravi Subramanian book with the protagonist Aditya as the main player. Loved the story how it unfolds . Although it was predictable , yet it managed to conceal a thing or two connected to the plot. Ravis cameo gave some high but disappointed as his role was not a prominent one. Recommend to everyone who is interested in reading some financial fraud fiction
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March 1, 2017
Not as good as Ravi's other books. Expected more. Started off as a page turner taking us through corporate plots and politics and then towards the end all the way down south !!!
February 20, 2017
I hated reading this book. It has no element in it whatsoever. I hated the plot, I hated the characters, I hated all of it. The only thing that kept me pushing through is the compulsion I have about finishing the books I start. This book is utter gibberish that goes on and on and on and on with no point to it. There is no devil, and there are no pinstripes. There's really nothing in it at all. Giving it 1 star because it is not possible to give it half star or quarter star or 1/10th of a star. Don't waste your time with this.
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