Bribery, corruption, racism, political chicanery, abductions, bloody acts of terrorism and most tellingly the inability to extricate reality from rumour form points of reference in the narrative that would resonate with most Sri Lankan readers. As the text courses through the tumultuous history of Sri Lanka in the last two decades the discourse of cricket becomes metonymic of the many socio-political concerns dominating public consciousness over the last few decades of the country. Karunadasa’s attempt at a comeback by unravelling the mystery behind Sri Lanka’s greatest yet virtually unknown ‘Chinaman’ (a very rare breed of left arm unorthodox 1) spinner Pradeepan Sivanathan Mathew.’ But for both WG and the reader the quest for Mathew becomes something else.
Pic by Dexter Cruze for AP –showing Sri Lankan fans celebrating victoryĬhinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is ostensibly about down-and-out alcohol -soaked journalist W. Harshana Rambukwella, from The Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, volume 36 (numbers 1 and 2) 2010
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