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Jamal dreams of playing soccer in the world cup even though he lives in a country where children are not allowed to play the game. First published by mcclelland and stewart in september 1994, the novel won the lambda literary award for gay male fiction and the books in canada first novel award set in sri lanka where selvadurai grew up, funny boy is constructed in the form of six poignant stories about a boy coming to age within a wealthy tamil family. Civil war that was still raging at the time of the books publication. Palacio august auggie pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream schooluntil now. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Read and download free hindi books, novels and stories pdf, hindi novel free download, hindi romantic novel, love story, hindi upanyas and collection of many hindi books. Funny boy keeps repeating with quiet conviction that the human condition can, in spite of everything, be joyful. Over 500 short stories that make you smile, laugh, or just feel better after reading. You are not alone, it says to the reader, i understand you.
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