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Funny Boy (Signed)

Funny Boy (Signed)

Funny Boy (Signed)
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Funny Boy (Signed)

by Selvadurai, Shyam

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  • Paperback
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Near Fine Plus.
ISBN 10
0771079508
ISBN 13
9780771079504
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About This Item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. Cover with flaps. A few tiny spots on top edge of pages. Sri-Lankan Canadian author's first book, short-listed for the Giller Prize. 316 pages. Inscribed by author on title page "For ___ Best Wishes from Shyam Selvadurai / May 2001 Victoria".. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

Synopsis

Funny Boy is a first-person novel by Canadian author Shyam Selvadurai. 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 an wealthy Tamil family in Colombo.

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Bookseller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
20912
Title
Funny Boy (Signed)
Author
Selvadurai, Shyam
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine Plus.
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0771079508
ISBN 13
9780771079504
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1994

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Title Page
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Trade Paperback
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