{"product_id":"3472-scenes-from-an-executive-life","title":"Scenes from an Executive Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Anurag Mathur\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 207\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140293574\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightfully irreverent account of corporate affairs in the white collar world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScenes from an Executive Life is an immensely entertaining exploration of ambition, lust, envy and intrigue in a typical corporate set-up in the post-liberalization India. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the best-selling The Inscrutable Americans, comes a hilarious novel about the roller-coaster career of an enterprising marketing executive.  It is the story of Gambhir Kumar, Human Resource Development Manager in the Y Corporation, whose life is never the same again after he is transferred to the Tissues and Toothpicks Division. As he travels up and down the corporate ladder, Gambhir redefines the role of the young urban professional who must strike a delicate balance between his heady ambitions and the lustful demands of his heart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel also features some unforgettable cameos: Gambhir's wife Draupadi (DD to her friends), who fights the ennui yuppie life with boyfriends in the afternoons; Kapila, Gambhir's passionate bedfellow from the Bombay office; 'Smiley' Chatterjee, the adman with a three-word vocabulary; and Kumar, a self-styled entrepreneur intent on selling the sword of Gautam Buddha to American tourists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Anurag Mathur \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776647704745,"sku":"3472","price":17.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/4023_ccdddb62-38ab-455e-afcd-b8fd25ac3554.jpg?v=1625520558","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/3472-scenes-from-an-executive-life","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}