I said I didn’t know enough to review books, but that has never stopped others from writing. So here’s my review :

My Friend Sancho is Amit Varma’s first novel. He is India’s most popular blogger, one of the 50 most powerful Indians according to some list and in the top-100 on some other list. He is not on Schindler’s List, but if Vir Sanghvi is to be believed, he is on some eliti-list. Not that all this matters while reading his book, but it helps me fill up my first book review with random notes that make it sound like I know what I’m talking about, without you realizing that it is not true. Continuing the aimless prose, My Friend Sancho is like a cross between the two timeless classics The Heartless Wonder and Jumping From a Cliff. I recommend reading both before you touch MFS. You might have a hard time finding them, as they do not exist. But if you do read them, you’ll agree with me.

MFS has simplicity written all over it — 4 times on the covers, thrice on the sides and once in invisible ink. The invisible one should be easiest to locate — it is right on the front cover in black ink. I especially liked some of the literary techniques used in MFS — such as writing in English. If you understand English, you will understand this book. If you don’t understand English, how on earth did you reach this point ?

MFS is the story of a tabloid reporter Saurav Ganguly, whose first name is Abir. There are some interesting characters such as a girl, her aunt, Abir’s boss besides the usual ones like a lizard. I don’t think the lizard has a name — that was a another literary technique I liked. You might not agree, but I am the reviewer here. I will buy the sequel — if it is ever written — just for the name of the lizard. The suspense is killing me, and yet I am effortlessly writing this post.

The book has a lizard on its cover, and if reviews on Amazon are to be believed, the book attracts women .. and cows. So unless you are lactose intolerant, you will not regret buying it. If even this does not convince you to buy the book, you must be the daughter of the former Governor of Alaska.

So go right now to get your copy of MFS — but if the store is to your left, you should go left.

P.S. : On a serious note, I highly recommend My Friend Sancho.

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