A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the CemeteryNineteen side-splitting stories from sri lanka to begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the royal ceylon navy when the queen of england came a-visiting: the saucy sailors decide to tip her a wink! the second story takes us back to mullers childhood in anuradhapura where two visiting rat snakes turn out to be a railway linesmans grandparents there are further hilarious adventures in the navy, encounters with more snakes of different sizes and lineage, graphic descriptions of jam-making factories, and hazardous days in the gulf effortlessly, muller creates caricatures that leave you helpless with laughter as they highlight the follies and foibles of the human race. |
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... writing in the early Sixties and has worked in leading newspapers in Sri Lanka and the Middle East . His ... author Michael Ondaatje . The two sequels to The Jam Fruit Tree , Yakada Yakā and Once Upon a Tender Time , were published by Penguin ...
... writing in the early Sixties and has worked in leading newspapers in Sri Lanka and the Middle East . His ... author Michael Ondaatje . The two sequels to The Jam Fruit Tree , Yakada Yakā and Once Upon a Tender Time , were published by Penguin ...
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Carl Muller. sub - edit . All he does is write headlines according to the type instructions given him by the Chief Sub . ' So this is the British way , ' I said . Wilson grinned . ' Simple , eh ? I make all page layouts . I go through ...
Carl Muller. sub - edit . All he does is write headlines according to the type instructions given him by the Chief Sub . ' So this is the British way , ' I said . Wilson grinned . ' Simple , eh ? I make all page layouts . I go through ...
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