Sometimes I have to pinch myself: Shyam Selvadurai
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Sri Lankan-born Shyam Selvadurai’s first novel, the highly acclaimed Funny Boy, was first published in 1994. It won the WH Smith “Books in Canada First Novel Award” and the “Lambda Literary Award” in the US, and has since been translated into other languages and has been adapted into a feature film. Set in Sri Lanka in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the story is a coming-of-age story through the eyes of young protagonist Arjie (portrayed by Arush Nand and Brandon Ingram), set to the background of escalating political tensions between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. [caption id="attachment_102405" align="alignright" width="200"]