Review: A Great, Deeply Entertaining Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2012
Anyone who has read any of Azizi Ali's finance-related books is in for a delightful surprise: `Jebe the Super Morpher' resembles nothing of his former books. Supposedly Azizi's autobiography, `Jebe' is actually slightly confabulated for the sake of reading pleasure, relating Azizi's childhood in "super heroic terms" that are at turns hilarious and sentimental.This further cements the author's reputation as a well-rounded writer--now, he isn't only a finance guru, he can also be considered a great story teller. `Jebe,' of course, was about a young child named `Jebe' who, thanks to his wild imagination and, uhh, "super powers," is able to make his little life in a far flung Malaysian village exceedingly interesting. The stories you find here are set during the 1960s and 1970s, and as such, take you back in time when things were simple and when Bruce Lee held sway.I love how the author paints and describes the life and times of his country during those distant halcyon decades. And how he has made it all the more interesting by deftly adding fantastic elements that only make the book a delightful read for people of all ages--this is not a children's book as much as a literary "time machine" through which people in their 40s or 50s today can look back at their childhood and grow sentimental over the good old times.