How does the story start? Well, it starts in an exclusive New York club, frequented by the powerful, the rich and the celebrated, and where our hero George is the Chef. Thus, George is thrown into contact with national leaders, politicians and celebrities, many of whom become his friends.

The other characters have names such as The Maximum Leader, Mustafa bin Made, Didi Damin and Borrock Sobama - these will certainly give you a few hints as to which real-life people they might resemble!

Who do the characters resemble?

The plot of the story is based on the President of a powerful country and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council so this gives you six different nationalities to think about. In the book, these people become a Chef and his five cooks. Read the descriptions and tell me which real-life people you think these six characters resemble.

How to understand The Adventures of George

Although it looks and sounds like a book for children, it's not - it's a book for adults. However, that is not to say that children wouldn't enjoy the story - I'm sure they would, not knowing or caring or understanding that there are hidden meanings. For instance, what child would know or care about the handover of Hong Kong to China - something that happened before they were born! In my next post, I'll talk about the basic plot of the book.

They say that narrative poetry is boring stuff but, as you can see above, there's nothing boring about this rollicking tale. And the characters resemble real-life people, both past and present - see if you can identify them!