The Jam Fruit TreeWinner of the Gratiean Memorial Prize for the best work in English Literature by a Sri Lankan for 1993 Hilarious, affectionate, candid and moving, this is the story of the Burghers of Sri Lanka... Who are the Burghers? Descended from the Dutch, the Portuguese, the British and other foreigners who arrived in the island-nation of Sri Lanka (and 'mingled' with the local inhabitants), the Burghers often stand out because of their curiously mixed features-grey eyes in an otherwise Dravid face, for instance.... A handsome and guileless people, the Burghers have always lived it up, forever willing to 'put a party'. Carl Muller, a Burgher himself, writes in this quasi-fictional, engaging biography of the lives of his people; they emerge, at the end of his story, as a race of fun-loving, hardy people, much like the jam fruit tree which simply refuses to be contained or destroyed. |
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... pith hat who held a file of papers and three burly workmen who had obviously been press ganged in order to march in ... Pith Hat said he needed to take his lorry to the bungalow and Thilainathan said that , as Pith Hat could plainly see ...
... pith hat who held a file of papers and three burly workmen who had obviously been press ganged in order to march in ... Pith Hat said he needed to take his lorry to the bungalow and Thilainathan said that , as Pith Hat could plainly see ...
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Carl Muller. ' But this is judicial matter , ' Pith Hat bawled , ' You cannot obstruct . You have to co - operate . I have court order . ' Vere Cook , who was enjoying the conversation immensely , told Pith Hat what he could do with his ...
Carl Muller. ' But this is judicial matter , ' Pith Hat bawled , ' You cannot obstruct . You have to co - operate . I have court order . ' Vere Cook , who was enjoying the conversation immensely , told Pith Hat what he could do with his ...
Page 147
... Pith Hat raised a point . ' How they bring their furniture to the bungalow , then ? They carried their things down ... Pith Hat's face . ' Oi ! ' said the cabinman who deplored long - winded arguments , ' Your lorry take and go . From ...
... Pith Hat raised a point . ' How they bring their furniture to the bungalow , then ? They carried their things down ... Pith Hat's face . ' Oi ! ' said the cabinman who deplored long - winded arguments , ' Your lorry take and go . From ...
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