To the Blue King’s castle By Prasanjit Gupta Penguin Rs.199
Prasanjit Gupta’s To the Blue King’s Castle is quite fantastic. When perfectly ordinary school-girl Ritu takes the escalator in a perfectly ordinary mall to the basement, she finds herself in a whole new world! She seems to have stepped into a dark mysterious forest. The first people she comes across are the Resident Magician, Serendipitous and his assistant, Blanc- Noir; but she soon finds that The Underground Forest is teeming with the most unexpected characters. These characters, however, are all quite grouchy because the Blue King has taken away the spirit of Happiness and locked it away. Ritu, of course helps to recover the box and like the heroines of most epic journeys, becomes a better person for it. What is particularly enjoyable about the book is its language and clever wordplay; and the interesting characters, so obviously inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
Prasanjit Gupta’s To the Blue King’s Castle is quite fantastic. When perfectly ordinary school-girl Ritu takes the escalator in a perfectly ordinary mall to the basement, she finds herself in a whole new world! She seems to have stepped into a dark mysterious forest. The first people she comes across are the Resident Magician, Serendipitous and his assistant, Blanc- Noir; but she soon finds that The Underground Forest is teeming with the most unexpected characters. These characters, however, are all quite grouchy because the Blue King has taken away the spirit of Happiness and locked it away. Ritu, of course helps to recover the box and like the heroines of most epic journeys, becomes a better person for it. What is particularly enjoyable about the book is its language and clever wordplay; and the interesting characters, so obviously inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
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