A must read!!. Review on Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard - Kiran Desai

All those of you who are sick and tired of reading  that heavy serious stuff, here is some relief for you. Novels generally dont make me laugh(cry: maybe sometimes) but this one did. I was actually laughing when I read this.

I'll not spoil your fun by narrating the story here but for all those who are curious here's a slight hint. Its a story about a guy called Sampath who has been a faliure all through his life and shows unusal tendencies since birth. The story actually starts when our dear Sampath suddenly jumps up a tree and decides to stay there.The story becomes exciting when all the people (including his family) starts believing that he has extraordinary powers and he is termed as god's messenger.

The story is well written and the writer manges to grip the reader with funnt incidents.The story includes many funny characters (including Sampath ofcourse) like Sampaths sister Pinky who bites the icecream vendor and the official who has a list of his private body parts for each day which he has to clean up when he bathes(like the back of his ear lobe on monday.. what were you thinking?? ;) ).

Then comes the monkeys who create havoc in the lives of people but Sampath is unaffected by them because he considers them his own.The whole story is the surrounded around these monkeys and how the people try to get rid of them.In the end the reader is left with a smile on his face.After reading the book it may look like a nonsensical Govinda movie without any head or tail but i'll say it is worth a read!! Happy reading or should I say Happy smiling :)