Publication

1997 - McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

79,000 words, Guess

Page Count

316 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • ISBN-139780771079504
  • ISBN-139780771079511
  • Goodreads1345411', '1345416
  • LibraryThing25137
  • Library of Congress Control Number94223427

Classifications

  • DDCC813/.54
  • LCCPS8587.E546 F85 1997
  • LCCMLCM 97/12510 (P)

Description

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 discover his innocent pastime, Arjie is forced to abandon his idyllic childhood games and adopt the rigid rules of an adult world. Bewildered by his incipient sexual awakening, mortified by the bloody Tamil-Sinhalese conflicts that threaten to tear apart his homeland, Arjie painfully grows toward manhood and an understanding of his own different identity.

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