Running in the Family

Resthouses are an old tradition in Ceylon

So people usually knew when Mervyn Ondaatje boarded the train, with or without his army revolver

Noel and Doris, could hardly move without being used as part of Lalla’s daily theatre.

Dickman. The bloodline was considered eccentric (one Dickman had set herself on fire) and rumours about the family often percolated across Colombo in hushed tones