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'Retired sportswriter WG Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down Pradeep S. Mathew, a spin bowler who has mysteriously disappeared and who WG considers 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'.
'On his quest to find this unsung genius, WG uncovers a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger 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 the story of modern day Sri Lanka through its most cherished sport.' (From the publisher's website.)
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This novel is included in AustLit as it contains Australian characters.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Feral Realism
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 60)
— Review of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew 2011 single work novel
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Feral Realism
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 60)
— Review of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew 2011 single work novel
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cSri Lanka,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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