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Title:
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Funny Boy |
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Authors:
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Shyam Selvadurai |
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ISBN-10(13):
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0771079516 |
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Publisher:
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Emblem Editions |
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Publication date:
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1997-10-11 |
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Edition:
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1 |
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Language:
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Not specified |
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Price:
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CDN$ 15.33 |
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Picture:
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Description:
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In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his eyes that the story unfolds and we meet a delightful, sometimes eccentric cast of characters. Arjie’s journey from the luminous simplicity of childhood days into the more intricately shaded world of adults – with its secrets, its injustices, and its capacity for violence – is a memorable one, as time and time again the true longings of the human heart are held against the way things are. |
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