26 May 2005
Amstelkerk

Britain's answer to Michael Moore is the quietly sophisticated and well-read Rohan Candappa. His book The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq – the memoirs of a Prime Minister with Asperger's Syndrome who thinks it is a good idea to launch a war in Iraq – can be read in forty-five minutes.

Written in the style of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the book pokes fun at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's involvement in the Iraq war with, of course, serious undertones. Additionally, Candappa is writing a weekly column in the Independent on Sunday, in the lead up to the UK's general elections on 5 May and comes from the same sublime publishers Profile Books who brought out Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss.

Candappa is also author of The Little Book Of Stress, The Little Book Of Wrong Shui, The Stocking Filler, Stress For Success, The Autobiography Of A One Year Old, The Little Book Of The Kama Sutra, Growing Old Disgracefully, University Challenged, The Parents Survival Handbook, One Hundred Birthday Wishes and The Retox Diet.

Rohan Candappa will talk on The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq, followed by questions and a signing session (books will be on sale there, courteousy of Waterstone's Booksellers Amsterdam).

The event is part of the Amsterdam Literary Festival (ALF) 2005. Reservations can be made via www.amsterdamliteraryfestival.com or by calling Pip on (020) 420 6775.