One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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Page 32
... never lost heart , never despaired . They had infinite belief in the good - luck charm and a pot of gold lying round the corner . The thing to do while they waited was to have a good time . The islanders were a happy lot . They loved ...
... never lost heart , never despaired . They had infinite belief in the good - luck charm and a pot of gold lying round the corner . The thing to do while they waited was to have a good time . The islanders were a happy lot . They loved ...
Page 84
... never existed , never helped anyone to think and look higher than his nose , higher than his navel , his appetites and his love of food and booze . You yelled support for things he cared about , and now what do we have a bunch of ...
... never existed , never helped anyone to think and look higher than his nose , higher than his navel , his appetites and his love of food and booze . You yelled support for things he cared about , and now what do we have a bunch of ...
Page 87
... Never were the philistines busier than they were now . If the marine research station ever rose on that beach they would never be able to destroy the hold Korala had on the imagination of the people of the island . He would be stronger ...
... Never were the philistines busier than they were now . If the marine research station ever rose on that beach they would never be able to destroy the hold Korala had on the imagination of the people of the island . He would be stronger ...
Common terms and phrases
asked beach become began believed bottle brain build Callay called coming common complete Conny creatures cried dead death decided Demos destroy direction discovered dropped especially excitement eyes face fact faithful feeling feet fellows felt final fish forces forms freedom friends gathered gave getting give gone hand head heard hold Hulft human ideas important inside island Kadalay Peiris kind knew known Korala Lanka later learned living looking marine mass memorial Mikhail mind moved naturalist needed never newspaper once original plans produced professor research station roar round rushing seemed shack shouting silence sitting sound stalwarts stand started stood story studied sudden suddenly talk tell things thought tion took truth trying Turab turned Van Hulft voice