person or book cover
Image courtesy of Jonathan Cape.
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
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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.)

Notes

  • This novel is included in AustLit as it contains Australian characters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Jonathan Cape ,
      2011 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Jonathan Cape.
      Extent: 397p.
      ISBN: 9780224091459 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Feral Realism Ed Wright , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 60)

— Review of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew Shehan Karunatilaka , 2011 single work novel
Feral Realism Ed Wright , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 60)

— Review of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew Shehan Karunatilaka , 2011 single work novel
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