An epic, searing satire by Sri Lanka's coolest author. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Shehan Karunatilaka HB New Booker Prize Winner at the best online prices at eBay Free delivery for many products. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a state-of-the-nation epic that proves yet again that the best fiction offers the ultimate truth. Ten years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka is back with a mordantly funny, searing satire. He has seven moons to try and contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. At a time where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet queen, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. WINNER OF THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE Colombo, 1990.
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