The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe by Romain Puértolas, 3 stars

[Jen]

A very strange little book. Mostly it is a comedy of errors. A Fakir from a rural area with not much idea of the developed world trying to buy an Ikea bed of nails bounces from one disaster to the next. This is partly because he is clueless and partly because he is a con-man who deserves what he gets. One he learns a few lessons of life he becomes a better person and his fortune also changes.

Perhaps we all need to get trapped in an Ikea wardrobe occasionally?