The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe
by Romain Puertolas
A quirky little book about a fakir (a Muslim or Hindu spiritual wanderer) from India who flies to France to buy a bed of nails at Ikea. After a series of silly scenarios that see him locked in the wardrobe and transported to England, deported from England and flown to Spain, hiding in a suitcase and flying to Rome in the cargo hold of a plane where he starts writing a novel on his shirt, all the while being chased by an irate Gypsy taxi driver he had ripped off of E100, the story ends with him as a famous author with a French girlfriend.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19347251-the-extraordinary-journey-of-the-fakir-who-got-trapped-in-an-ikea-wardro?from_search=true
There are a number of other novels in the "quirky" category that I've read that are MUCH better than this one, that I would recommend:
"Mrs. Queen Takes the Train"
"Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"
"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"
"A Man Called Ove"
Rating: 2/5
Recommendation: A silly little book, perhaps more in the fantasy category?
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