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Amanda Root reads from Gillian Slovo's love story, set in 1950s Ceylon and London.

Genteelly impoverished Evelyn embarks on a trip as chaperone to her sister and pompous fiance. But when a man dies, horrifically, before them, a charming Sinhalese stranger takes control.

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Mon 24 Nov 2008 22:45

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