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Pintail
October 2012
On Sale: September 25, 2012
320 pages
ISBN: 0670066583
EAN: 9780670066582
Kindle: B009D3FZJ6
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Sam Kandy, born to low prospects in a Ceylon village in
1899, dies a hundred years later as the wealthy headman of
the same village—a self-made shipping magnate and the father
of sixteen who’s been married three times and widowed twice. Told in four parts, this enthralling novel traces Sam’s
story from his boyhood—when his parents, convinced by his
horoscope that he’d be a blight upon the family, abandon him
at the gates of a distant temple—through to his dramatic
escape from the temple, his daring journey across Ceylon to
Australia and Singapore, and his bold return to the Ceylon
village he once called home. There, he tries to win
recognition for his success in the world—at any cost. A novel about family, pride, and ambition set on a gorgeous,
troubled island caught between tradition and modernity,
Beggar’s Feast establishes Boyagoda as a major voice in
international literature.
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