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 29
... sitting here , in the shack - like in the old days - with chairs and tables , and the scientific - minded fraternity , seated there , holding glasses in their hands , staring at the sea , drinking to Korala's memory , and his ashes ...
... sitting here , in the shack - like in the old days - with chairs and tables , and the scientific - minded fraternity , seated there , holding glasses in their hands , staring at the sea , drinking to Korala's memory , and his ashes ...
Page 85
... sit and talk and toast their dead comrade . They managed to collect enough money to call in a carpenter to build a ... sitting . It never worked that way . The mood had to get them ; when it did , there would be a sudden hurrying and ...
... sit and talk and toast their dead comrade . They managed to collect enough money to call in a carpenter to build a ... sitting . It never worked that way . The mood had to get them ; when it did , there would be a sudden hurrying and ...
Page 100
... sit here — mourn- ing , feeling sorry — just sitting here - doing nothing . ' ' NO ! ' roared the boys . ' DOING NOTHING - NEVER . ' " That's right - action , ' said Farook . ' Action , ' said Dodampagama . ' All right - action . What ...
... sit here — mourn- ing , feeling sorry — just sitting here - doing nothing . ' ' NO ! ' roared the boys . ' DOING NOTHING - NEVER . ' " That's right - action , ' said Farook . ' Action , ' said Dodampagama . ' All right - action . What ...
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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