One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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... turning to Callay , ' You were going to be the next great naturalist . ' Callay lifted his head , turned to look at Kadalay Peiris , and saying nothing , he turned over , rested his head on his arms , with his face down , and sighed ...
... turning to Callay , ' You were going to be the next great naturalist . ' Callay lifted his head , turned to look at Kadalay Peiris , and saying nothing , he turned over , rested his head on his arms , with his face down , and sighed ...
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... turning cartwheels , rattling their bones , and all the while they beat their drums , tore their guitar strings to ... turned and wheeled and gasped for breath , their tongues lolling , their legs shaking , their eyes popping , and it ...
... turning cartwheels , rattling their bones , and all the while they beat their drums , tore their guitar strings to ... turned and wheeled and gasped for breath , their tongues lolling , their legs shaking , their eyes popping , and it ...
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... turned to Korala and he had to provide the answer . From history they swung , with the agility of monkeys , to pre ... turning on electric lights . They talked about primates , mammals , reptiles , like jugglers hurling balls into the ...
... turned to Korala and he had to provide the answer . From history they swung , with the agility of monkeys , to pre ... turning on electric lights . They talked about primates , mammals , reptiles , like jugglers hurling balls into the ...
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