Shehan Karunatilaka
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Language
English
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"Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida-war photographer, gambler, and closet queen-has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"Aging sportswriter W.G. Karunasena's liver is shot. As his health fades, he embarks on a frantic search for missing cricketer Pradeep Mathew, whose virtuosic bowling was once legendary. En route he discovers a six-fingered coach, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and unsettling truths about his country and its beloved sport."--P. [4] of cover.
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