Beggar's Feast by Randy Boyagoda
Sam Kandy, born in 1899 in a poor village in the heart of Ceylon and abandoned by his family ten years later at the gates of a remote temple, resolves to make his own luck amongst the cheats and chancers of the world. He marries a nobleman's daughter and coldly pursues a life of wealth, prestige, and power.
A brilliant book -- Nadeem Aslam
A satirical feast * The Globe and Mail *
Ambitious. . a narrative that spans the whole of the last century * Financial Times *
The story of a Ceylonese Odysseus . . . gleaming, ambitious * New York Times *
Beggar's Feast tackles the grand questions of the 20th century - reinvention, power, sacrifice - but what lies at the heart of this sweeping novel is a more intimate concern: how to find peace in an unforgiving world. In Sam Kandy, Randy Boyagoda has created a truly memorable character -- Tash Aw
A satirical feast * The Globe and Mail *
Ambitious. . a narrative that spans the whole of the last century * Financial Times *
The story of a Ceylonese Odysseus . . . gleaming, ambitious * New York Times *
Beggar's Feast tackles the grand questions of the 20th century - reinvention, power, sacrifice - but what lies at the heart of this sweeping novel is a more intimate concern: how to find peace in an unforgiving world. In Sam Kandy, Randy Boyagoda has created a truly memorable character -- Tash Aw
Randy Boyagoda has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review and Harper's Magazine. His second novel, Beggar's Feast, was nominated for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize and was selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. Born to Sri Lankan parents, he lives in Toronto with his wife and four daughters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241001547 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241001544 |
| Title | Beggar's Feast |
| Author | Randy Boyagoda |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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