One Mad Bid for FreedomA Widly Hilarious Yet Ultimately Poignant Novel By Sri Lanka`S Finest Living English Language Novelist. |
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... veranda of the shack . The old man was alive then ; but some months later he died , after a brief illness . The tramps had always felt he was the strangest old man they had met ; even a bit odd . He had to be odd to behave and act the ...
... veranda of the shack . The old man was alive then ; but some months later he died , after a brief illness . The tramps had always felt he was the strangest old man they had met ; even a bit odd . He had to be odd to behave and act the ...
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... veranda and enclosed the space in front of the shack . They put some chairs and tables where they could meet and sit and talk and toast their dead comrade . They managed to collect enough money to call in a carpenter to build a doorway ...
... veranda and enclosed the space in front of the shack . They put some chairs and tables where they could meet and sit and talk and toast their dead comrade . They managed to collect enough money to call in a carpenter to build a doorway ...
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... veranda of the shack , dropped helplessly into his seat , holding his head in his hands and , then , rising , finally , left the scene , deciding he'd never more be seen in the place . The meeting , how- ever , went on . ' Anyone with ...
... veranda of the shack , dropped helplessly into his seat , holding his head in his hands and , then , rising , finally , left the scene , deciding he'd never more be seen in the place . The meeting , how- ever , went on . ' Anyone with ...
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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