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Sunak: A Searching Appraisal of The Man & His ‘Field of Play’

Michael Patrick O’Leary, in his website where the title reads thus “Sunak as Prime Minister”

 

 

 

“A bright and decent man with bad ideas.” The Economist.

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Shehan Karunatilaka in Earlier ‘Incarnations’ in Thuppahi Circles

Shehan Karunatilaka on the ball in “Chinaman” .…… https://thuppahis.com › 2011/05/26 › shehan-karunatila…

26 May 2011 — It consists of one sentence: “If you’ve never seen a cricket match; if you have and it has made you snore; if you can’t understand why anyone

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“Shehan Karunatilaka snaffles a bag of wickets,” …. https://thuppahis.com/2012/01/22/shehan-karunatilaka-snaffles-a-bag-of-wickets/

22 Jan 2012 — NEW DELHI, January 22: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the US$ 50,000 (LKR 5.68 million) DSC prize for South Asian Literature …

 

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Bushes that PREY !

SIDEWALK TRICKs

 

 

 

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