Three Men in a Boat...

About two month back when I was in Bangalore I picked up this book called "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K Jerome from Blossoms...Although I'm not much of a reader the sheer joy of so many books being sold at such low prices made me pick up a couple.

Recently after nearly 11/2 month I finally started reading this one "Three Men in a Boat". The book starts off quite okay and since I'm not a book enthusiast initially I couldn't go past a page. But guys even for a person like me, for whom reading books in the school days would be more of a burden than pleasure while the other children would flock to the libraries and get books by the dozen and somehow manage to finish them in a week (Quite a Herculean task for me), this one has really caught on to me. In the simplest of words this guy is FANTASTIC. The book is mainly about 3 men (George, Harris and Jerome himself) and their dog Montmorency (By the way the title also mentions "To say nothing of the Dog" in italics neatly put in a bracket)who decide to spend a fortnight on the river Thames. You simply keep turning pages laughing your guts out at every single page of this extremely witty composition. The author not only sticks to his story but at the same time highlights the different facets of human nature. Each character is unique in its own way but when put together they fit perfectly like a jigsaw puzzle. And trust me this dog can make you fall off the bed, the timely gestures of the dog simply puts the reader at his wits end.

I would surely give this book a big thumps up, a must buy for all you book freaks and also a must read for all who hate reading...