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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 200822:45
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