One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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... into pieces and eat them slowly , draw- ing in the nourishment . When he was dead , they continued to feel him around them . They thought they heard his voice , his laughter and the growl of his voice . They stood in the 1 ...
... into pieces and eat them slowly , draw- ing in the nourishment . When he was dead , they continued to feel him around them . They thought they heard his voice , his laughter and the growl of his voice . They stood in the 1 ...
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... t match men . Yes , Korala had said all this . Conny remembered it all as if it were only yesterday , he had heard them uttered in Korala's enraged voice . Yet all that was gone , and it seemed a long time 30 One Mad Bid For Freedom.
... t match men . Yes , Korala had said all this . Conny remembered it all as if it were only yesterday , he had heard them uttered in Korala's enraged voice . Yet all that was gone , and it seemed a long time 30 One Mad Bid For Freedom.
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... heard was the language of abuse , and words of denunciation , murder , castration and other vile threats . This was ... heard by everyone seated around . Several eyes turned in his direction . He looked at the stalwarts , at Callay , at ...
... heard was the language of abuse , and words of denunciation , murder , castration and other vile threats . This was ... heard by everyone seated around . Several eyes turned in his direction . He looked at the stalwarts , at Callay , at ...
Common terms and phrases
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