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 47
... island's cultural resurgence did not slide back a fraction of an inch ; and to any doubting Thomas or sceptic left in the island , to him it must be said that it would be to his eternal and unremitting regret that he had lived and died ...
... island's cultural resurgence did not slide back a fraction of an inch ; and to any doubting Thomas or sceptic left in the island , to him it must be said that it would be to his eternal and unremitting regret that he had lived and died ...
Page 87
... island and send shock - waves through the Indian Ocean . These men , properly instructed and coached , had been smuggled into the shack , and there they waited . ' Fellows will be researching all right — but not into marine biology ...
... island and send shock - waves through the Indian Ocean . These men , properly instructed and coached , had been smuggled into the shack , and there they waited . ' Fellows will be researching all right — but not into marine biology ...
Page 113
... island , both terrestrial and extra - ter- restrial , of the generations of human beings that had in- habited the island from the time of Vijaya and before his time and after him , down to the time the last imperialist hireling ...
... island , both terrestrial and extra - ter- restrial , of the generations of human beings that had in- habited the island from the time of Vijaya and before his time and after him , down to the time the last imperialist hireling ...
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