Book: Five Point Someone

Book Name: Five Point Someone

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Another interesting story from Chetan Bhagat. Actually this is his first book. But I read One Night @ Call Center first. Since I liked his story telling, I wanted to read this book. Fortunately, I found a copy of this book in NCL library and brought it home to read.

Another dark and witty story. Story is full of humour and the fun and serious moments are described very nicely. A good book to read, especially for college going students, as what NOT to do in college years.

Link on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Point_Someone_-_What_not_to_do_at_IIT

A movie called 'Three Idiots' is being made, based on this book. It stars Aamir Khan (one of my favourite actors). Hope this movie becomes successful.

Free ebooks sites

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Book: One Night @ Call Center

Book name: One Night @ Call Center

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Usually, the backside of book describes, what the book is about. And this is what it is - The book is about six people working in a call center, set in one night. And then they get a phone call. That phone call was from God.

This was enough for me to start reading the book. It is a dark and witty novel. Well, the term dark is in itself dark - meaning language is very informal and some instances actually shocked me.

The novel is full of humour. For some of them, I actually burst out laughing. 

The narration of the story is just fantastic and captivating. The fun and serious moments are described beautifully. There are some instances to which I could actually relate to - such as the use of management jargon (This is like comparing apples to oranges. I am sure every newcomer to industry gets puzzled by this phrase), or the description of network printer. Overall a great book to read.

Details of book on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_@_the_Call_Center

A hindi movie 'Hello' was made on this book. I heard it did not do well at box office. I have not seen it, but the book is great!

Author's webpage: http://www.chetanbhagat.com/