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 47
James Goonewardene. a - million people were rushing to and from their toilets before rushing off to work . Nothing , indeed , could be worse than if the sphincter muscle of one of these learned gentlemen went out of control in the middle ...
James Goonewardene. a - million people were rushing to and from their toilets before rushing off to work . Nothing , indeed , could be worse than if the sphincter muscle of one of these learned gentlemen went out of control in the middle ...
Page 94
... rushed to the hospi- tal with a fractured skull ; another lay unconscious with two broken ribs , while the third went rushing about , nurs- ing a dislocated shoulder , screaming for his spear - gun so he could go after the perpetrators ...
... rushed to the hospi- tal with a fractured skull ; another lay unconscious with two broken ribs , while the third went rushing about , nurs- ing a dislocated shoulder , screaming for his spear - gun so he could go after the perpetrators ...
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... rushed at the two men with his hands stretched out . He got to Amaray just as he was slipping out of the building ... rushing about hacking at people with knives , kathis and swords . There were no half measures when Ice Mudalali was ...
... rushed at the two men with his hands stretched out . He got to Amaray just as he was slipping out of the building ... rushing about hacking at people with knives , kathis and swords . There were no half measures when Ice Mudalali was ...
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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