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      Reef

      by Romesh Gunesekera
      Published
      Jun 1994
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      The "incandescent" (New York Times Book Review) coming-of-age-story and debut novel by the acclaimed Booker Prize finalist Romesh Gunesekera

      Triton loved living in Mister Salgado's house. It was the biggest house he had ever seen--filled with floors to sweep and silver to polish and meals to cook and adults to impress and a brilliant master whose voice was poetry. And people from all over the world came to the house-- to sell their wares, to talk, to live, for this was where life took place. Even the sun would rise from the garage and sleep behind the del tree at night. And in the house, life was good.

      But beyond Mister Salgado's house and their Sri Lankan village there was a world. And all around them, it was falling apart...

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Feb 1996 Riverhead ISBN 1573225339
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