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One mad bid for freedom

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Penguin Books, Jul 1, 1990 - Sri Lanka - Fiction - 139 pages
A Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist.

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James Goonewardene was the first Sri Lankan novelist to have a novel published by Penguin - India in 1990. His novels and short stories won wide acclaim. Those were not days when Awards were handed ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
22
Section 3
38
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TitleOne mad bid for freedom
Penguin books
AuthorJames Goonewardene
PublisherPenguin Books, 1990
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized29 May 2008
ISBN0140123490, 9780140123494
Length139 pages
SubjectsSri Lanka
Sri Lanka - Fiction
  
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