When his stage show goes spectacularly wrong, celebrated magician Harry Singh, a.k.a. The Great Maharaja Malipasse, becomes a laughingstock and outcast. Having resorted to twobit performances in the pouring rain on Blackpool Pier, the downonhisluck conjurer is talked into travelling to India by his best friend and assistant, Bitu, in an effort to restore their luck.After twists and turns, the pair find themselves at the Kumbh Mela. Billed as the greatest religious event in human history, its teeming with pilgrims and mountebanks, gurus, and godmen. Through a simple misunderstanding, Harry finds himself being attended to by a clutch of earnest devotees. The more he begs them to leave him alone, the more they believe hes a genuine healer, rather than what he is a washedup stage magician.Before Harry and Bitu know it, theyre running an immensely successful ashram in the sacred city of Varanasi. Their multimilliondollar operation draws devotees from across India and the world all of them desperate to get a glimpse of Harrys new incarnation... His Celestial Highness Sri Omoji.Inspired by truelife events, and at times reminiscent of Monty Pythons Life of Brian, Tahir Shahs brilliant novella, Godman, is in many ways a cautionary tale. Making use of firsthand knowledge of Indian illusion and magicians (described in his travelogue Sorcerers Apprentice), the book holds a mirror to society, questioning why we feel it necessary to venerate certain people, in place of thinking for...

Binding: Paperback;250 pages; Publisher: Secretum Mundi Limited; Classification: N/A; Weight: 442.96 g; Dimensions: N/A

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