One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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... Gihan was away in India looking for the alchemist who would turn stones into gold . Callay was drifting through Europe , looking for ways of turning some anti- ques he had collected into cash . He believed there were short - cuts to ...
... Gihan was away in India looking for the alchemist who would turn stones into gold . Callay was drifting through Europe , looking for ways of turning some anti- ques he had collected into cash . He believed there were short - cuts to ...
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... Gihan . ' And oceanography as well , and ecology , tissue culture , hybridization , melancholia , endocrinology , menopause and its effects on the mental stamina of prematurely ageing professors . Korala was particularly concerned about ...
... Gihan . ' And oceanography as well , and ecology , tissue culture , hybridization , melancholia , endocrinology , menopause and its effects on the mental stamina of prematurely ageing professors . Korala was particularly concerned about ...
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... Gihan produced a similar whistle . He was totally soaked in coconut arrack , and he was staggering around looking for more . Van Hulft started to mutter , followed by the growling noises he was accustomed to making . The stalwarts knew ...
... Gihan produced a similar whistle . He was totally soaked in coconut arrack , and he was staggering around looking for more . Van Hulft started to mutter , followed by the growling noises he was accustomed to making . The stalwarts knew ...
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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