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 126
... mad professor was still doing his dance of destruction . Van Hulft suddenly knew he had this last task to per- form . He had to destroy the shack . He couldn't let it fall into the hands of people who would disturb its sanctity , and ...
... mad professor was still doing his dance of destruction . Van Hulft suddenly knew he had this last task to per- form . He had to destroy the shack . He couldn't let it fall into the hands of people who would disturb its sanctity , and ...
Page 127
... mad professor . He didn't seem to know whether he was Nataraja or a witch - doctor doing an exorcism ceremony . He had hurried consultations with the President of the Poet's Society . The stalwarts watching this build up of these two ...
... mad professor . He didn't seem to know whether he was Nataraja or a witch - doctor doing an exorcism ceremony . He had hurried consultations with the President of the Poet's Society . The stalwarts watching this build up of these two ...
Page 128
... mad professor . In a moment pandemonium broke out in and around the shack . Hand grenades exploded and the Wanathamulla boys began rushing about hacking at people with knives , kathis and swords . There were no half measures when Ice ...
... mad professor . In a moment pandemonium broke out in and around the shack . Hand grenades exploded and the Wanathamulla boys began rushing about hacking at people with knives , kathis and swords . There were no half measures when Ice ...
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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