Author: Ashok Ferrey
Serendipity
Fourth Print
ISBN: 978-955-998199-1-6
211 pages
1st Published in Dec 2009
Price: Rs.500 |

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Shortlist 2010 State Literary Prize
Ashok Ferrey's first novel is part satire, part thriller, part comedy of manners. Set in 1980s Colombo it contains over twenty characters, which he fixes with merciless wit and pin-sharp accuracy to the dusty velvet boards of his cabinet of curiosities. You might even find yourself in there. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
"I particularly enjoyed Ashok Ferrey's witty, punning style"
Michelle de Kretser
"Laugh-out-loud funny, but also thoughtful, moving, and beautifully written. It taught me a lot about Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans"
Ian Rankin |
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Author: Ashok Ferrey
The Good Little Ceylonese Girl
Seventh Print
ISBN: 955-99819-0-0
233 pages
1st Published in Dec 2006
Price: Rs.500 |

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Shortlist 2006 Gratiaen Prize
After three imprints of the first edition, The Good Little Ceylonese Girl was released in its Second Edition under a brand new cover, featuring a photograph by renowned Sri Lankan photographer Dominic Sansoni. There was no particular reason for the change, apart from the fact that Ashok was getting a little bored with the first one!
"Who else writes so alarmingly well?"
Royston Ellis- author and journalist
"Fans of the arch wit that was the hallmark of many stories in Colpetty People will not be disappointed: the hypocritical, living and dead, still walk the pages of The Good Little Ceylonese Girl, and still often get their comeuppance in highly gratifying ways"
Ann Scowcroft- poet, author of "The Truth of Houses" |
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Author: Ashok Ferrey
Colpetty People
Eighth Print
ISBN: 955-8897-01-9
208 pages
1st Published in December 2004
Price: Rs.500 |

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Shortlist 2002 Gratiaen Prize
The classic collection of short stories by Sri Lanka's best-selling author
"Ferrey has a wry sense of humour"
Rajpal Abeynayake (The Sunday Times)
"Each story is wickedly funny, sometimes touching, but still all decidedly provocative, jostling one’s imagination, transporting the reader beyond social barriers."
Frederica Jansz (Sunday Leader)
"...a book that has been sketched with a mix of satire, black humour and absurdity which leads the reader along a funny engaging and above all insightful journey"
Gihan de Chickera (Daily Mirror) |
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