Synopsis (SPOILER ALERTS!!)
With only one counterfeit €100 and a shiny grey suit with a tie rented with peanuts, Ajatashatru, the fakir went on an exiting adventure to a Ikea store in Europe to buy a bed of nails. Overwhelmed by the sight of the furniture, Ajatashatru was forced to hid in of the wardrobe to escape patrolling guards. When he woke from his slumber, he realized that he became an illegal immigrant! While he was busy trying to get back to his normal life and escaping from a revenge-crazed taxi driver, he met some friends who helped him a lot, which included other illegal immigrants and a very famous actor. As these crazy stuff was happening, he found time to travel to Italy in a suitcase, wrote a novel on a shirt and also travelled to Libya in a hot-air balloon with €100,000 euros. Read as an Indian trickster transforms into a lovable writer!
The Characters
It is an incredible experience witnessing the journey of Ajatashatru that helped him to "grow" from a trickster to a lovable writer, However, this can also be related to being a student. One might be a notorious pupil who is very bad in his or her study, but if he gets back on track, he can still become an outstanding student. Also, although Ajatashatru was a trickster, he still has a kind heart. He gave the money that he earned to other who need it more than him. Hence, we should all learn from him.
3 Reasons why you should pick up this book and spend your precious time reading it.
The plot is the first reason why you should read this book. The fact that someone can be trapped in a wardrobe and be shipped to England is crazy enough. However, the more ironic part of the plot is the fact that a fakir,who is more or less a magician, can become a writer and find true love. Of course he did tried to trick his wife-to-be with a fake broken glasses but still, the plot is very interesting.
Another reason is that the language in this book is very easy to understand. This allows the reader to understand the author easily and read with comfort.
Last but not least, the characters that are being portrayed in this book is also very humorous. A very simple example is how Ajatashatru's name is being pronounced. Being an Indian name, it is extremely difficult for people of other races to pronounce his name so the author thought of humorous ways to pronounce his name that have very different meanings.
Therefore, i can conclude that this is definitely a good book to pick up and read.
2 things I wished the author had done better / I would have done if I were the author.
Personally, I think that the author could have elaborated more on some parts. For example, I'm sure many would have wanted to see the reaction of the fakir and the vengeful gypsy taxi driver when they mad at the airport for the third time. After all, it is always fun to read about an Indian getting a knife wound.
Although the author is trying to make the book more humorous, some words used in the speech and also the sentence structure is too informal and is unrealistic to the extend that it seems weird compared to our normal conversation we have in our daily lives. Another thing that the author could improve on is the realism in the speech of the people.
1 thing in the plot that raised my eyebrows.
One thing in the plot that raised my eyebrows was the fact that an Indian fakir wanted to be a writer. As crazy and weird as it may sound, it is actually quite relatable. Having grown up in a poor Indian village, he understood hardship and poverty. Writing about sorrow would be quite easy for him. Also, being fakir, he understood how to manipulate what one's brains can understand, making him a writer with very an interesting style of writing.
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