A funny thing happened on the way to the Cemetry: Scenes from a Sri Lankan lifeNineteen 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. |
Contents
This DemiEden | |
The Python Of Pura Malai | |
Go Man | |
Oh The Manners Oh The Customs | |
The New God Of The Gulf | |
Ups And Downs | |
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