Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Accidental Accountant by Deepak Kaul (Book Review)

 







Title – The Accidental Accountant 

Author – Deepak Kaul  

Genre – Fiction

Book Format – E-book 

Publisher – Amazon Kindle 

No of pages – 96

This book is available on Amazon 


The Blurb

The Accidental Accountant is a short-fiction by Deepak Kaul. The protagonist in this fiction is Deb who has graduated from the Arts stream. He is very much confused about career options just like other pass-outs and thinking of doing an MBA. He tries his best to clear the MBA entrance exam but fails to do so. Dejected Deb is completely blank about his future but then his uncle advises him to go for CA. He applies at various CA firms and eventually gets selected at one of the CA firms. Little did he know that his decision would change his life forever. Does he become a successful CA or his life gets entangled more? Do give a read to this amazing short fiction. 

 

The Review 

The Accidental Accountant is a must-read fiction as it represents a working-class well. Deb, a recent graduate finds it hard to understand people and politics around him when he starts working in a CA firm. The author has yet again masterfully showcases the inner conflict of a working person who struggles to make his path in dirt which is full of ill-minded people and corrupted with politics. Deb’s experience with leaders like Prajay, Anthony, or Mukul matches with those who are office goers and everyday struggle to please their seniors with sincerity and hard work. Deb’s inner conflict with a lot of ‘What if’ situations let the readers remind their plight when they graduated from college and were beginning their professional lives. 

 

When you’re working with well-experienced people, your opinions are often clouded with self-doubts. And that’s what happens with Deb when he chooses to work in a CA firm despite his different background. The author beautifully showcases how the working class had to manage with people of different temperaments. When a junior like Deb tries to share his reasonable doubts with seniors, he not only gets sidelined but also gets an earful from the bosses. 

Deb’s inner conflict matches to every working professional as we often have self-doubts about ourselves especially working in a politically corrupted environment. Deb find himself surrounded with unfounded fears and sometimes he is caught in sticky situations because of lazy colleagues. Sometimes he doubts over his decision of working in a CA firm and sometimes he has self-doubts about everything. 

Reading this fiction personally gave me immense pleasure as I’ve had such experience in one of the firms in my professional life. I could relate my professional experiences with this fiction and that is what the author’s job is to write relatable experiences. And I must say Deepak Kaul has done a wonderful job with this fiction of 96 pages. 

 

I recommend this e-book to every professional out there. Some may get a different perspective from this and some may learn about different temperaments and people, especially those who are soon going to start their professional life. 

 

Writing style 

I know only a handful of authors who write stuff in real good creative English and one of them is Deepak Kaul. I hate when writers don’t use such rich language generously in their novels. However, Deepak has created his niche in writing English novels. Thankfully, his writing is rich, and does not write in plain English. 

 

The book cover & The Title 

The book cover does not represent the theme of the story. It is a very plain cover with no creative inputs. The title is okay-ish. 

 

Is the book price reasonable? 

The book comes in an e-book format and it has hardly 96 pages. I feel the book is a bit pricey as the publishing company did not have to bear the cost of printing. 

 

Rating 

4/5

 

Working professionals must read this fiction once for sure! 

 

 

 

 

 




 

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