The hapless reader is torn between believing that Mathew is a product of W.G.’s fevered imagination or that there is something rotten in the State of Denmark Sri Lanka. Pradeep Mathew and his stunning history of breath-taking test cricket performances have not only vanished off the face of the earth without a trace, but seem also to be the subject of a cover-up. has to spare is needed to pay tuition fees for his ungrateful son Garfield. is a print journalist with no experience of film or television and they don’t have any funds. They are not exactly qualified for this project: Ari (who lives next door to W.G.) is a maths teacher and amateur cricket statistician W.G. and his fellow cricket-tragic Ariyaratne (Ari) Byrd decide to make a documentary about their all-time hero. With a deadline imposed by doctors who say he has only a short time to live if he doesn’t give up drinking, W.G. Its central character W.G. Gamini Karunasena is a has-been sports journalist who has an obsession with a legendary bowler called Pradeep Mathew. and his mate Ari is especially well done.Ĭhinaman is set in the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s cricket debut onto the world stage in 1996 when they beat Australia.
I loved the novel’s sly wit, its penetrating social and political critique, and its delicious portrayal of human nature. If you’ve never seen a cricket match if you have and it has made you snore if you can’t understand why anyone would watch, let alone obsess over this dull game, then this is the book for you.
All the reviews I’ve seen quote this snippet, and so shall I, because it’s true: But as one who has done her best to avoid any exposure to the game ever since being dragged off to an interminable test match at the MCG by a well-meaning MIL in 1972, I am here to tell you that you can have a deep-seated antipathy to all forms of sport in general and you can rejoice in complete ignorance about cricket in particular – and still love Chinaman, The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka. Most of the other reviews of this book that you’ll come across have been penned by people who love cricket and understand it properly.
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