Funny Boy
Shyam Selvadurai
Aug. 2019 · Penguin Random House Audio · Voorgelees deur Raoul Bhaneja
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In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his eyes that the story unfolds and we meet a delightful, sometimes eccentric cast of characters. Arjie’s journey from the luminous simplicity of childhood days into the more intricately shaded world of adults – with its secrets, its injustices, and its capacity for violence – is a memorable one, as time and time again the true longings of the human heart are held against the way things are.
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SHYAM SELVADURAI was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. Funny Boy, his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Giller Prize, was a national bestseller, won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. In 2020, it was made into a feature film by director Deepa Mehta. His second novel, Cinnamon Gardens, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. His third, The Hungry Ghosts, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Selvadurai is also the author of an acclaimed novel for young adults, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. He lives in Toronto.
A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Raoul Bhaneja is a Gemini, Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nominee as well as a Maple Blues Award-winning actor and musician. He has toured nationally and internationally with Hope and Hell Theatre Co. including his hit shows Hamlet (solo), Life, Death and The Blues and Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. With over a hundred film and television credits, he is a familiar face to Canadian audiences. Recent Hollywood projects include Miss Sloane opposite Jessica Chastain and a recurring role on NBC's primetime drama Blindspot. Musically, he is known for his two decades as leader of Raoul and The Big Time and his new jazz duo Blue Standard, who released their debut recording "A Good Thing" in 2019.
A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Raoul Bhaneja is a Gemini, Dora and Canadian Comedy Award nominee as well as a Maple Blues Award-winning actor and musician. He has toured nationally and internationally with Hope and Hell Theatre Co. including his hit shows Hamlet (solo), Life, Death and The Blues and Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. With over a hundred film and television credits, he is a familiar face to Canadian audiences. Recent Hollywood projects include Miss Sloane opposite Jessica Chastain and a recurring role on NBC's primetime drama Blindspot. Musically, he is known for his two decades as leader of Raoul and The Big Time and his new jazz duo Blue Standard, who released their debut recording "A Good Thing" in 2019.
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