Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe - Romain Puertolas. Armed only with a counterfeit 100-Euro note, Ajatashatru the fakir, renowned conjurer and trickster, lands in Paris. His mission? To acquire a splendid new bed of nails. His destination? IKEA. And there he decides to stay, finding an obliging wardrobe in which to lay his head. Only when he emerges from his slumber does he discover that he is locked in, unable to free himself and heading for England in the back of a truck. So begins a magnificent and bizarre adventure for the intrepid fakir. Even while he flees the revenge-crazed taxi driver whom he conned on his arrival, and falls further in love with Marie Riviere, the Parisian beauty whom he tricked into lunching with him, he finds time to befriend a group of Sudanese immigrants, travel to Italy in a suitcase, write a novel on a shirt, and fly to Libya in a hot air balloon. Witty, moving, surprising and joyful, this novel reminds us that heroism abounds, and is to be found in the most unlikely of places. Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe - Romain Puertolas od nakladatelství Vintage/Arrow (UK) v kategorii | English literature za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Knihydobrovsky.cz One day a fakir leaves his small village in India and lands in Paris. He is on a pilgrimage to IKEA, where he intends to obtain the object he covets above all others. But when things go awry and he is forced to hide in a wardrobe, he unwittingly embarks on a European tour like no other. This funny, charming story is perfect for fans of THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW.