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Chinaman
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Langbeschreibung
Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'?
Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.
W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.
Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
Hauptbeschreibung
Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'? Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
Shehan Karunatilaka has written advertisements, rock songs, travel stories and basslines.Chinamanis his first novel.
Autor*in:
Shehan Karunatilaka
Art:
Digitalprodukt/E-Book (Download)
Sprache :
Englisch
Zeit:
416 S., 1.06 MB
ISBN-13:
9781446475911
Verlag:
VINTAGE DIGITAL
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.04.2011
Erscheinungsjahr:
2011
Ausgabe:
1/2011