Arjun Shekar's debut novel A Flawed God revolves around a corporate guy Sanchit Mishra a.k.a Sancho.
It's the tale of a man who, like any of us, wants a more exciting and dynamic life and career. Nevertheless Sancho dreads his workplace and Godfather, his boss.
Frozen air
The organisation for which Sancho works does not seem very enterprising to him. Meandering along the corporate odds and struggling for a decent appraisal, he pulls Pause Daniel into the picture. Pause — an old Malayali spinster and a very successful person at office, is supposedly Sancho's way to a brighter career. On a fine morning, Sancho gets an offer from the Progress in Work Collective, a secret agency in Turkey, which is trying to revolutionise the business scenario globally. The story is set in Turkey. The narrative jumps back and forth between the landscapes of Turkey and cubicles of Frozen Air.
Arjun Shekhar struggles to add some spice to an otherwise boring text. Redundant and not-so-interesting-to-the-layman details run for pages in-between the actual story. The best is reserved for the last and the last chapter turns out to be the best.
Bottomline: Not the kind of book, you will want to read unless you've the courage/brains to brave the author's account on strategies of stock markets and its impact on shareholders and owners.
Divya is a Final year studentElectronics and Instrumentation at Sri Sairam Engineering College
Title: A flawed god
Author: Arjun Shekhar
Publisher: Hachette India
Price: Rs. 250
