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The Hamilton case
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Michelle De Kretser |
Set in the 1930s in Ceylon, this novel reflects the decay, corruption and last days of an empire and a world at the end of its tether. The story concerns a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelo… |
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On Sal Mal Lane
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Ru Freeman |
"Set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war, Ru Freeman's epic novel explores the lives of the diverse families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious com… |
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Island of a thousand mirrors
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Nayomi Munaweera |
"Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything … |
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So much life left over
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Louis de Bernières |
"From the acclaimed author of Corelli's Mandolin: a powerfully evocative and emotional novel, set in the years between the two World Wars, about a closely-knit group of British men and women struggli… |
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Noontide toll
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Romesh Gunesekera |
"The driver's job is to stay in control behind the wheel and that is all. The past is what you leave as you go. There is nothing more to it. Vasantha retired early, bought himself a van with his savi… |
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The tea planter's wife
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Dinah Jefferies |
"In 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to h… |
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Perfect night
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Peter Grimsdale |
Deep in a London archive, former film-maker Nick Roker stumbles across an image that will rewrite his past: the face of a man who shouldn't exist. It brings back recollections of a dream assignment i… |
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One man's empire
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Geoffrey Bird |
When John Butler learns that his late father has left him nothing in his will but a sprawling coffee plantation in far-flung Ceylon, he grudgingly decides to sail there from his home in Manchester in… |
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The far field
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Edie Meidav |
"It's 1936, the world is sliding into war, and Henry Fyre Gould has left behind the salons of New York City for the British colony of Ceylon, the tear-shaped island off the coast of India. Driven by … |
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Drôle de garçon
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Shyam Selvadurai |
Arjie is funny. The second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, he prefers staging make-believe wedding pageants with his female cousins to battling balls with the other boys. When his parents di… |
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Love Marriage
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V. V. Ganeshananthan |
In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in betwee… |
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