![]() In addition to his novels, he has written rock songs, screenplays and travel stories. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Shehan Karunatilaka is considered one of Sri Lanka’s foremost authors. 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. Hailed by the Gratiaen Prize judges as 'one of the most imaginative works of contemporary Sri Lankan fiction', it is an astounding book. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and the greatest cricketer to walk the earth. Ambitious, playful and strikingly original, Chinaman is a novel about cricket and Sri Lanka - and the story of modern day Sri Lanka through its most cherished sport. ![]() On his quest to find this unsung genius, WG uncovers 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. ![]() Hailed by the Gratiaen Prize judges as one of the most imaginative works of contemporary Sri Lankan fiction, it is an astounding book. Mathew, a spin bowler who has mysteriously disappeared and who WG considers 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'. Ambitious, playful and strikingly original, Chinaman is a novel about cricket and Sri Lanka - and the story of modern day Sri Lanka through its most cherished sport. ![]() He will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down Pradeep S. Retired sportswriter WG Karunasena is dying. ![]()
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