Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka is back with a 'thrilling satire' (Economist) and rip-roaring state-of-the-nation epic that offers equal parts mordant wit and disturbing, profound truths. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a 2022 novel by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka. 2022 Booker Prize Winner Published: 4th August 2022 Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. In a country 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, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war.

Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war.Ĭolombo, 1990.

Named a Best Fiction book of 2022 by the Washington Post, Times (UK), Financial Times, and The Guardian. Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which won the 2022 Booker Prize, is an account of wartime Sri Lanka by the ghost of a photojournalist.

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