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Can I read Funny Boy : a Novel in Six Stories on EtoBox?
Funny Boy : a Novel in Six Stories by Shyam Selvadurai is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Funny Boy : a Novel in Six Stories about?
In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his eyes that the story unfolds and we meet a delightful, sometimes eccentric cast of characters. Arjie’s journey from the luminous simplicity of childhood days into the more intricately shaded world of adults – with its secrets, its injustices, and its capacity for violence – is a memorable one, as time and time again the true longings of the human heart are held against the way things are.
Who reads Funny Boy : a Novel in Six Stories?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Shyam Selvadurai
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551997193
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, World Fiction
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (64 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14