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A review by essjay1
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka
3.25
I enjoyed listening to this one. A bit long and disjointed but some really great observations. And funny in parts although probably hard to understand about 50% of the jokes if you don’t know anything about cricket. Having said that, it’s not really about cricket. Or perhaps I mean it’s not only about cricket. Karunatilaka uses the opportunity to make a lot of political commentary, such as here: “Explain the differences between Sinhalese and Tamils? I cannot. The truth is, whatever differences there may be, they are not large enough to burn down libraries, blow up banks, or send children onto minefields. They are not significant enough to waste hundreds of months firing millions of bullets into thousands of bodies."