The birth lottery
| Title | The birth lottery
and other surprises |
|---|---|
| Author | Shehan Karunatilaka |
| Publication | Hachette India |
| Size | 259p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9789393701213 |
| Topics |
Sri Lankan fiction--Short stories and novellas Sri Lankan fiction--English |
| Notes | 'It's a simple car bomb, and it's rigged to a busload of schoolgirls. No one knows it is there except for me.' Unpleasant truths await a Sri Lankan president in the back of a London cab. An advertising agency has to come to terms with a blown-up collection of pictures of its employees' penises. A man presumed missing, quietly journals by the sea. A being dispassionately recalls the numerous births it had taken and absurd fates it had to endure. An Englishman, a Dutchman and a Portuguese man walk into a Ceylon bar with grand narcotic designs. A masterful blend of dry wit, morbid charm and earnest observations, Booker-shortlisted author Shehan Karunatilaka's The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises is a collection of fantastic short stories that serves up fantasies for both doomsday and everyday, |
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