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One Night @ The Call Centre

Author: Chetan Bhagat

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Book review
One Night @ The call centre is a gripping story and one would like to finish it off in one reading. Start is a bit unconventional and there are surprises all the way through. The book takes you through the journey into the minds of different characters. Author has make sure that there is not a boring moment throughout the book. Its a perfect second to Five point someone (which i loved) and a true Bhagat style book i.e young,fast and gripping. Wil recommend Must Read for it Value for Money Purchase Cheers.

Worth a read. Must say, One Night @ the Call Center is enlightening! For those like me, who has never experienced the
peculiar dynamics of working in a call centre. Comfortably, called ON@TCC, this one's all up for a crisp weekend reading.
The story starts with Chetan’s chance meeting with a pretty girl while travelling in a train. The girl tells him a story, on the condition that he would frame his next book around it. This is where Chetan, the author signs off and in comes Shyam, a tame team leader working in a BPO in Gurgaon. Shyam narrates the tale of a night and delineates the likes, dislikes, problems, aspirations, hurdles of his disgruntled team mates Vroom, Esha, Radhika, Military Uncle and of course, Priyanka, with adequate empathy and spontaneous humour. Priyanka’s semi-neurotic mother, Bakshi’s nonsensical antics, Vroom’s obsession with bikes, pizzas and babes make for some enjoyable reading. And of course, Shyam’s, (read Chetan’s) one-liners on women in general are fun –

- 'Only women have this special area in the brain that keeps track of everything they and their friends wore the last fifty times.’



However, the punch of the story is a different one - it’s about the 'call from God' where God speaks to each of them and Bhagat's philosophies are crystallized.

Chetan Bhagat proves himself to be a flawless storyteller yet again. Though the last few pages seem a little too dramatic to be true (a call from God has to be taken with a pinch of salt), the style he adopts to narrate the
story is smart and seamless. You can’t afford to miss the sweet flashback interludes of Shyam's courtship with Priyanka. What is really impressive about the storytelling is the ease with which this IITian author makes characters from completely different backgrounds seem so real in each other’s company, yet retain that distinct streak of individuality.

This one’s a winner. Go for it and let one call change your life





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