"A lot of people will undoubtedly wonder whether this is a biography or a novel. It's both. It isn't totally true, although there aren't any total lies in it either. I don't believe in lies. In fact I think lies are the greatest obstacle on our path towards spiritual development. But I shift quite a few things around. I write from memory. There are some things I have absolutely no recollection of myself, so I've had to rely on other people's memories. But all memory is fiction. Our brain is the greatest master of deceit in the universe."--Author's note. "The Indian is a highly entertaining, bittersweet literary memoir by the world-famous Icelandic comedian and Mayor of Reykjavik, Jon Gnarr"--Cover, p. [4]
