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 22
... tion , and there was the twilight , the inevitable twilight that follows the setting of a spectacular sun ; after the twilight there was the darkness . Yes , there was the darkness - and what a darkness it had started to turn into ! As ...
... tion , and there was the twilight , the inevitable twilight that follows the setting of a spectacular sun ; after the twilight there was the darkness . Yes , there was the darkness - and what a darkness it had started to turn into ! As ...
Page 80
... tion of the law of averages , of the second law of ther- modynamics , of internal combustion , of jet propulsion , of nuclear fission , of birth control , mouth - to - mouth resuscita- tion , Mendel's law of inheritance , death by ...
... tion of the law of averages , of the second law of ther- modynamics , of internal combustion , of jet propulsion , of nuclear fission , of birth control , mouth - to - mouth resuscita- tion , Mendel's law of inheritance , death by ...
Page 133
... tion , egging on their demolition squads to work at full speed , with Ice Mudalali personally supervising the opera- tion . They had gone far beyond any plans Van Hulft might have had in the heat of his frenzy and anger . Conny did not ...
... tion , egging on their demolition squads to work at full speed , with Ice Mudalali personally supervising the opera- tion . They had gone far beyond any plans Van Hulft might have had in the heat of his frenzy and anger . Conny did not ...
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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