In the late eighteenth century, King Tipu Sultan of Mysore, India, commissioned “Tipu’s Tiger,” an automaton made in collaboration between the Indian and the French. That fact forms the basis for a raucous and entertaining tale about a teenaged Abbas, an artisan who discovers his potential under the tutelage of a French master, Lucien Du Leze.
As Abbas wakes up to the wonders (and injustices) of the larger world as he travels, he abides by his cardinal rule: “do not look back. Forward, ever forward.” A winning story that confirms that no matter the class, race is the final ranking.
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