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The
2012 Award |
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In the same boat by Channa Wickremesekera
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Bay Owl Press, Sri Lanka
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ABOUT
THE BOOK |
Writing with keen insight into the psyche of the displaced, Channa Wickremesekera, author of Distant Warriors and Walls, brings his characters into the close confines of a boat escaping a conflict zone. Will a series of unfortunate events precipitate disaster on them before nature unleashes a savage storm? Only time will tell as they race inexorable towards their destiny. (From Publisher). |
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR |
Channa Wickremesekera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1967. He obtained a PhD at Monash University, Australia in Asian History. He has published four books so far, Walls, Distant Worriors (fiction), Best Black Troops In The World, and Kandy At War (non fiction). |
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