Funny Boy
Author | : Shyam Selvadurai |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-01-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781551997193 |
ISBN-13 | : 1551997193 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.