Five Point Someone

Many writers are successful at expressing what’s in their hearts or articulation of particular point of view. Chtean Bhagat’s books do both and more. – A R Rahman in Time magazine, on Chetan’s inclusion in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the world. ‘charming the book has struck a chord .’-Time ‘great characters and a captivating plot (Bhagat is) in a class of his own.’-India Today Must read -hindustantimes.com ‘funny yet touching pacey, informal style of storytelling FPS is a book version of Dil Chahta Hai’-Financial Express. Five reasons why Hary, Ryan and Aloks lives are a complete mess: 1. Theyve messed up their grades big time. 2. Alok and Ryan cant stop bickering with each other. 3. Hary is smitten with Neha who happens to be his professors daughter. 4. As students of IIT, theyre expected to conquer the world, something they know isnt likely to happen. 5. They only have each other.Welcome to Five Point Someone by bestselling author Chetan Bhagat. This is not a book that weill teach you how to get into IIT or even survive it. In fact, it describes how bad things can get if you don’t think straight.
Funny, dark and entertaining, Five Point Someone is the story of three friends whose measly five point something GPAs come in the wat of everything- their friendshipi, their love life, their future. Will they make it?

Author Biography

Chetan Bhagat is the author of five blockbuster novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of life (2008), 2 States (2009) and Revolution 2020 (2011). All five books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history. Time Magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.Chetan also writes for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development based issues. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009, to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. He lives in Mumbai with his wife Anusha, an ex-classmate from IIMA and his twin boys Shyam and Ishaan.