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1 y separately published work icon Oya, Cello and the Planet Earth Sam Bunny , Colombo : Bay Owl Press , 2020 22644747 2020 single work novel

'Cello States comes from the town of Corduroy and is definitely from the wrong side of the tracks. He escapes his life of drugs and gangs in the world of books, language and words, but when his father, a small time drug dealer clashes with a rival gang, he is forced to leave home. This drives Cello on a crime spree that eventually takes him to Melbourne, where he meets and falls in love with Oya Seyesene, a girl far removed from his world of violence and poverty. Half Sri Lankan, beautiful Oya is a child of privilege who despite having everything in life yearns for something else. Encouraged by her parents to find herself, Oya starts working at the Foundry, an avant-garde theatre where Cello has been working for the past few years. But it is a relationship fraught with tension and in danger of being overshadowed by the secret that Cello was part of a terrible crime that involved her family.'

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1 6 y separately published work icon Softly, as I Leave You Chandani Lokuge , Colombo : Bay Owl Press , 2013 Z1818916 2011 single work novel Poignant and powerful, Softly as I Leave You captures the story of one woman's struggle to reconcile the many different aspects of her life. Late one spring morning, Uma awakens to a life in which her core relationships - to her lover, her husband, and her son- seem unbearably tangled. Through the lyrical quality of the writing, the story transcends into a meditation on love and betrayal, grief and redemption (Publisher blurb).
1 y separately published work icon Chilli, Chicks & Heart Attacks : The Misadventures of an Intern by Dr. Manjula Mendis Sanjaya Senanayake , Colombo : Bay Owl Press , 2010 Z1739015 2010 single work novel Dr Manju Mendis, a Sri Lankan living in Australia, comes through medical school with first class honors and is chosen to intern in the much vaunted St Ivanhoe Hospital. But right from the word go, the author leaves the reader in no doubt that this is no mere diary of hospital life. Even as Manju deals with the rigors of an exacting job, he finds himself in the midst of a series of ill-timed misadventures from a prolonged case of priapism, to the murder of a well-heeled sugardaddiphile, to a sudden encounter with a foul -mouthed braggart. Worse, his personal life is on the verge of being wrecked, what with an overbearing mother determined to set him up with a prosperous Sri Lankan girl, a father who fails to understand his disconnect from his homelands culture, and a sister inclined to saddle him with her young son.
'In the span of a year, Manju must learn to confront fraudulent specialists, self-important clients, and an imperious set of immigrant relatives. Equally, he must find time to sustain his fledgling relationships with patients, colleagues, celebrities, and most of all, a girl with a troubled past.
'Join Manju as he skedaddles through a year of madness and hilarity, in a story replete with slapstick humor, puns, and starling insight!' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon In the Same Boat Channa Wickremesekera , Colombo : Bay Owl Press , 2010 Z1738999 2010 single work novel

'A disparate group find themselves in 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 inexorably toward their destiny.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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