Stranger in a Strange Land: 100 Days in the Credit Analysis Department of an Indian Bank

RUNNER-UP OF THE 2017 BODLEY HEAD&FINANCIAL TIMES ESSAY PRIZE

In this sharp, witty essay, written from inside the Indian banking system, we witness the absurdities and mundanities of corruption and bureaucracy, set against a backdrop of modern urban India. In a personal battle with his moustachioed boss, Mukherjee illuminates a Kafkaesque system of compliance inherited from the British Raj and shows us how to walk away from it laughing.