The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir who got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe

9781846558795
HK$208.00 Sale Save

Item is in stock Only 0 left in stock Item is out of stock Item is unavailable

DESCRIPTION :
One day a fakir leaves his small village in India and lands in Paris. A professional con artist, the fakir is on a pilgrimage to IKEA, where he intends to obtain an object he covets above all others: a brand new bed of nails. Without adequate Euros in the pockets of his silk trousers, the fakir is all the same confident that his counterfeit 100-Euro note (printed on one side only) and his usual bag of tricks will suffice. But when a swindled cab driver seeks his murderous revenge, the fakir accidentally embarks on a European tour, fatefully beginning in the wardrobe of the iconic Swedish retailer.

As his journey progresses in the most unpredictable of ways, the fakir finds unlikely friends in even unlikelier places. To his surprise - and to a Bollywood beat - the stirrings of love well up in the heart of our unlikely hero, even as his adventures lead to profound and moving questions of the perils of emigration and the universal desire to seek a better life in an often dangerous world.

PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9781846558795
BY (AUTHOR) Puertolas, Romain
PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing PUBLICATION DATE : July 31, 2014
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Harvill Secker
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 214 mm x 142 mm
WEIGHT : 359 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Fiction & Related items