{"product_id":"funny-boy-9780062392985","title":"Funny Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoon to be \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea major motion picture \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edirected by Deepa Mehta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--coming to Netflix December 10, 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn evocative coming-of-age novel about growing up gay in Sri Lanka during the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict--one of the country's most turbulent and deadly periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArjie is \"funny.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, he prefers staging make-believe wedding pageants with his female cousins to battling balls with the other boys. When his parents discover his innocent pastime, Arjie is forced to abandon his idyllic childhood games and adopt the rigid rules of an adult world. Bewildered by his incipient sexual awakening, mortified by the bloody Tamil-Sinhalese conflicts that threaten to tear apart his homeland, Arjie painfully grows toward manhood and an understanding of his own \"different\" identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefreshing, raw, and poignant, \u003cem\u003eFunny Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisitely written, compassionate tale of a boy's coming-of-age that quietly confounds expectations of love, family, and country as it delivers the powerful message of staying true to one's self no matter the obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelvadurai, Shyam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eShyam Selvadurai was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. \u003cem\u003eFunny Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, his first novel, won the W.H. Smith\/ Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award in the United States. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eCinnamon Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSwimming in the Monsoon Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, and the editor of an anthology, \u003cem\u003eStory-wallah! A Celebration of South Asian Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e. His books have been published in the United States, United Kingdom, and India, and in translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614536667410,"sku":"9780062392985","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2d6fcc7d-c037-4fd8-a8a6-7f4d0df87422.jpg?v=1732448952","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/funny-boy-9780062392985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}