Did you know that Sukumar Ray wrote with the pen being held by his fingers? Or that he wrote on a paper! I mean, can you believe it? He wrote on blank sheets of paper with pen! That's not all, when he wrote, his fingers moved along with the pen. When he reached the end of his sheet of paper, he would stop there, and then begin writing on another sheet of paper. That's magical. How can anybody do that? But Ray did it, because he was a genius. This guy had a son whose name was Satyajit Ray, and he used to make films. Yeah, films, you know, with actors and cameras and stuff. But we are talking about Satyajit Ray's father here, who used to write with pen and paper, and I heard from somewhere, even, that at night, he would make the use of lamp so that he would have enough light to write. How is that even possible? Have you heard anybody do that? If you haven't, you should really read this guy, Sukumar Ray, because he used to write with pen over the paper and a night lamp by his side when it turned dark. That's cool stuff, if you ask me.
If the above written stuff sounds nonsense, then let it sound nonsense because it's intended to sound nonsense because it is, in fact, nonsense. This book is funny. Really funny. People search for stolen mustaches here, and reverse their age after 40 years, they have nails on their buns, grown kidney-beans on Neem trees et al. You know where I am going. More than any other stalwarts in nonsense literature, I was reminded more of, strangely, Daniil Kharms, because he used to write poetry in invented language, like Ray here, although Kharms didn't really write nonsense.
This isn't a book which should be critically evaluated, and even though it touches upon issues like corruption and the functioning of society in general, 'Abol Tabol' should just be enjoyed. Some books, they just make your heart light, make you smile wide. That's 'Abol Tabol' for you.