Book Review: Business Doctors: Management Consulting Gone Wild by Sameer Kamat

Introduction

ISBN – 9789351569640
Genre: Fiction/ Drama
Publishers: Booksoarus
Price: Rs. 250/- (I got this book for review from the author)

Ivy League educated management consultant, Michael Schneider, gets hired by an unlikely client – a mafia boss who wants to make a last desperate bid to resuscitate his family business that spans across gambling, drugs and porn.

Behind The book

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About the author

Sameer Kamat is the founder of MBA Crystal Ball and Booksoarus. His first book, Beyond The MBA Hype published by HarperCollins, is currently in the third reprint. Business Doctors - Management Consulting Gone Wild is his second book.

Contact Sameer Kamat

Website | www.sameerkamat.com

Email | info at booksoarus dot com

Connect with me on Twitter @KamatSameer

Me thinks

The premise of the book is very exciting and that is what pulled me to this book. Very rarely do you find Indian Authors venturing into such a genre and doing perfect justice to it also.

The plot is gripping and the narrative does complete justice to it. The characters and all look straight of a thriller movie. The author has done excellent job in ensuring your attention from the first page and never letting it deter. Throughout the book it feels as if you are watching some edge-of-the-seat-thriller-movie. In the last few chapters I was almost biting my nails in nervous anticipation.

The only slight disappointment comes in the form of the presentation on the book which is a bit cramped up with no spacing for paragraphs but gradually as you get used to the pattern you don’t find any problem in reading it with ease. The other minus is the use of MBA jargons which perhaps a Non MBA might not be able to connect with at the level an MBA can.

Over all a must read for the plot of it and sheer narration.

Foodie Verdict

The book is kadhai paneer - delicious and has a distinct Indian Flavour despite all the fancy presentation.

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