Chinaman: The Legend Of Pradeep Mathew
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780143450443
- Age Group : Adult
- Language : English
- Number of Pages : 540 Pages
Retired sportswriter W.G. Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, upsetting his wife, ignor ...
Retired sportswriter W.G. Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, upsetting his wife, ignoring his son, and tracking down Pradeep S. Mathew, an elusive spin bowler he considers 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'.
On his quest to find this unsung genius, W.G. uncovers a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, an LTTE warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.
Ambitious, playful and strikingly original, Chinaman is a novel about cricket and Sri Lanka and of Sri Lanka through its cricket. Hailed by the Gratiaen Prize judges as 'one of the most imaginative works of contemporary Sri Lankan fiction', it is an astounding book
Shehan Karunatilaka is the award-winning author of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. He enjoys putting pencils, fingernails and guitar picks in his mouth. Lalith Karunatilaka (illustrator) is a younger brother, ad-man and lapsed architect. He likes putting doggie biscuits, paint brushes and his spectacles in his mouth.
