One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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James Goonewardene. The lanky one stared at his companion . ' Let's get out of here , ' he said . ' Get out ? ' ' Yes ... stare a long while at them , and then speak slowly like some prophet or sage or holy man . There was still a lot of ...
James Goonewardene. The lanky one stared at his companion . ' Let's get out of here , ' he said . ' Get out ? ' ' Yes ... stare a long while at them , and then speak slowly like some prophet or sage or holy man . There was still a lot of ...
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... stared at them . It was an unusually intense and direct stare he gave them , and his eyes , suddenly , started to sparkle and dance . His friends seemed very comic to him . It appeared they had all been excellent mimics , clowns and ...
... stared at them . It was an unusually intense and direct stare he gave them , and his eyes , suddenly , started to sparkle and dance . His friends seemed very comic to him . It appeared they had all been excellent mimics , clowns and ...
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... stared at the ruins of the shack , in a deep , brooding silence . Every now and then he snorted and uttered an ... stare as if he were trying to exorcise some phantom , some spook , some spectre that he alone saw still hovering over the ...
... stared at the ruins of the shack , in a deep , brooding silence . Every now and then he snorted and uttered an ... stare as if he were trying to exorcise some phantom , some spook , some spectre that he alone saw still hovering over the ...
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