The whole book is a collage of little misunderstandings creating comedy, it seems to be the way Ghosh is amusing himself as he writes. The idea of bringing all these incredibly different characters together on one vessel is a terribly fertile ground to let them all bump and misunderstand each other. It feels like the theatre game where everyone is a different "type" or here (archetype) going to the same party. (how does a ninja turtle interact with donald trump?)
Throughout the novel, the reader remains much smarter (more informed) than the characters, who are more like puppets.
The scene that comes to mind first is when Paulette finally gets herself aboard the Ibis in her pink sari and is peering out of her sari costume/disguise at Judo and Zachary, and when Zachary goes to assist her boarding she thinks he's going to undo her disguise and she slaps him. Page 354.
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