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Triton is a young chef who was forced to leave his father's house to work for Mr. Ranjan Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed by swamps, sea movements, and a Sri Lankan island's disappearing reef.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Romesh Gunesekera
- First published
- June 1994
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books, New Press, Bt Bound
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140142174
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