When a friend has written a book and you pick it up, it’s always a tough situation. What if you don’t like the book? What if it doesn’t match up to the expectations you have from your friend. Will your friend’s funny bone reflect in the book or will it fall flat on your face. These were some of the thoughts with which I started reading “The Spy Who Lost Her Head by Jane De Suza”. Jane is a fellow blogger (blog link) and has become a friend too. Her blog Jane Kidding is a hilarious read I kid you not and that is what reflects in the book too.
The book is about Gulabi, a village belle who comes to town to search for her man, her BEMBA (read the book to know what it means, I am not gonna tell you) and turns into a James Bond style super spy. The city takes Gulabi with surprise and the effect of Gulabi and her Queen English is similar on the city and its people. In the process of finding her Bemba, Gulabi, who somewhere becomes Pink Rose in the book, lands with an additional head which she inturns loses and creates a mystery.
The book is a roller coaster ride of humor, I kid you not when I say that there is no moment in the book when you will not be laughing out aloud. The characters are very well defined and clearly seem to have a mind of their own. Whether its Gulabi herself or the landlord which she keeps forcing to believe is her Bemba, Tanya the other roommate and a journalist who tries hard to turn the village belle in a city girl.
The only little small crib I had from the book was that the climax somehow seemed a little rushed to me. Else it kept me laughing and engrossed through and through.
In the end like I said on Gulabi’s FB page “me spending two nights with you. Laafffing too much and then crying with laffter. My head is hurting with laffter but I am still spending night with you. Gulabi you are too good. My Bemba might get angry with me but I am still spending night with you laffing :)”
Go pick up the book now and I promise you won’t regret.
Rating 4/5
Book The Spy Who Lost Her Head by
Authors Jane De Suza
Price Rs 250/-
Flipkart Link – BUY HERE
Monika's World 
I really want to read this the moment I saw that conversation on your FB and all those flower pinned to your hair photos 🙂
I thought of picking up the book, but was a little wary of the new age writing. Somehow I still prefer the old time style of writing… though now I am re-thinking that.
You have convinced me. Am off to buy this.
Great review. I understand what you mean! Happ when few of my director and actor friends in the industry whose work I had to review..It pains when the work goes wrong and have to write bout it. Look fward to the book, Monika and will add to ma list:)
This sounds like such a fun read. But looks like I will have to wait until I come on my next holiday to India, to get hold of it.
Thank you. Going to add this to the file full of reviews I’m saving for my grandkids….