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Die Unglaubliche Reise Des Fakirs, Der In Einem Ikea-Schrank Feststeckte (2013)

by Romain Puértolas(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

3100003950 (ISBN13: 9783100003959)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

S. Fischer Verlag

review 1: What a huge disappointment this was. Jonas Jonasson should be insulted by the comparisons to his work. It is poorly written, or poorly translated (I suspect a bit of both), and it is certainly poorly edited. On top of all of that it is profoundly unfunny. The French are famous for their, how do you say, "different" sense of humour (Jerry Lewis?), so a French person might find this novel hilarious. I did not. It was full of obvious, winking, elbow in the ribs attempts at humour that never quite worked. And, if all of that wasn't enough, it was also vaguely racist. A cutesy, charming sort of racism that perhaps the French appreciate, but racism nonetheless. I have no idea how this is a bestselling novel.
review 2: The story of this unfortunate--or fortunate--faki... morer is a refreshing and hilarious romp from one country to another by unexpected vehicles. He flies to France knowing only that he wants to buy a new bed of nails at Ikea. He pays the gipsy taxi driver with a fake 50 Euro note printed on only one side that, by a slight of hand, he retrieves and disappears in the store.In the store he meets Marie! And since the bed of nails can't be delivered to the next day and he has no money to stay in a hotel, he hides in the Ikea store under a bed. When workers come in late to change displays, he hides in a wardrobe which is then packed for shipping. And off he goes on a series of misadventures to England, to Spain, to Rome, to Libya. Will he meet again the wonderful French woman who set his heart beating? If you want to read something different, something crazy and entertaining this is the book for you! less

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