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  Funny Boy (Paperback) By (author) Shyam Selvadurai

  

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  Short Description for Funny BoyIn the world of his large family, affluent Tamils living in the capital of Sri Lanka, Arjie is an oddity - a "funny boy" - who likes dressing as a girl. Through his eyes, the reader watches him come to terms with his homosexuality and with the violent racism of the society in which he lives.
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  • Publisher: VINTAGE
  • Published: 05 October 1995
  • Format: Paperback 288 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780099459217 ISBN 10: 0099459213
  • Sales rank: 214,569

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• Living in Colombo, the large Tamil family has a "funny boy" son who prefers dressing as a girl. He comes to terms with his homosexuality and the racism that affects his family. Full scale riots flare up and lead to tragedy. A first novel mingling the personal with the political. Vintage.