'Tamil Writer Savi's hilarious masterpiece, Washington Thirumanam, which has had readers in splits for over fifty years, is {now} available in English, thanks to Ms Nandini Vijayaraghavan's delectable and fast-paced translation of the book. Did I say translation? No, I meant transcreation. 'The new generation of Tamils, who can only speak the language but not read fluently, will find this wild fantasy a treat that can be savoured time and again. Nandini has endeavoured to preserve the flavour of the original novel, which is embellished with apt puns and funny situations that are out of this world.'