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    "title": "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cemetry",
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    "description": "Nineteen side-splitting stories from Sri Lanka to begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, Muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the Royal Ceylon Navy when the Queen of England came a-visiting: the saucy sailors decide to tip her a wink! The second story takes us back to Mullers childhood in Anuradhapura where two visiting rat snakes turn out to be a railway linesmans grandparents. There are further hilarious adventures in the navy, encounters with more snakes of different sizes and lineage, graphic descriptions of jam-making factories, and hazardous days in the gulf effortlessly, Muller creates caricatures that leave you helpless with laughter as they highlight the follies and foibles of the human race.",
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