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 91
... Plague Karu , that hectoring , fire - eating fiend of the Sinhala theatre . ' Yes , like a cathedral , ' answered Conny , ' and why not ? ' ' Because a cathedral is never finished in a single genera- tion . ' ' Why not ? ' cried Kadalay ...
... Plague Karu , that hectoring , fire - eating fiend of the Sinhala theatre . ' Yes , like a cathedral , ' answered Conny , ' and why not ? ' ' Because a cathedral is never finished in a single genera- tion . ' ' Why not ? ' cried Kadalay ...
Page 92
... Karu too has got the plague . ' ' It's Conny who first said Karu's got the plague . The disease first broke out with great virulence in Nazi Germany - Conny said . Conny said that it was the sage who often warned him against people who ...
... Karu too has got the plague . ' ' It's Conny who first said Karu's got the plague . The disease first broke out with great virulence in Nazi Germany - Conny said . Conny said that it was the sage who often warned him against people who ...
Page 122
... Plague Karu . ' Down with the pseudo - western culture , up with the Sinhala mainstream theatre . ' ' What the hell's going on here ? ' asked Mikhail , in com- plete bewilderment at the sudden hail of abuse being hurled at him . He was ...
... Plague Karu . ' Down with the pseudo - western culture , up with the Sinhala mainstream theatre . ' ' What the hell's going on here ? ' asked Mikhail , in com- plete bewilderment at the sudden hail of abuse being hurled at him . He was ...
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