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 7
... looking like some strange creature of the sea himself , with his rugged face , brawny arms and heavy shoulders . He would bring his flippers and snorkel . He would stand on the beach and look at it a long while before he stepped into it ...
... looking like some strange creature of the sea himself , with his rugged face , brawny arms and heavy shoulders . He would bring his flippers and snorkel . He would stand on the beach and look at it a long while before he stepped into it ...
Page 13
... looking for snakes , but cleaning cages , looking after snakes , feeding them and grooming them as if they were prima donnas - there was no fun in that . So the business lost its drive and fell into disarray . It was then that the idea ...
... looking for snakes , but cleaning cages , looking after snakes , feeding them and grooming them as if they were prima donnas - there was no fun in that . So the business lost its drive and fell into disarray . It was then that the idea ...
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... 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 wealth as there were short ...
... 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 wealth as there were short ...
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