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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

- Winner of the Booker Prize 2022
Af: Shehan Karunatilaka Engelsk Paperback

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

- Winner of the Booker Prize 2022
Af: Shehan Karunatilaka Engelsk Paperback
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023Now with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis PersonaeA magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka''s civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. 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. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. 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.Sri Lanka''s foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. ''Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Gogol and Bulgakov.'' Guardian ''Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.'' New European
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023Now with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis PersonaeA magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka''s civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. 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. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. 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.Sri Lanka''s foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. ''Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Gogol and Bulgakov.'' Guardian ''Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.'' New European
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9781914502071
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1914502078
Kategori: Sri Lanka
Udg. Dato: 6 apr 2023
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 199mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Sort of Books
Oplagsdato: 6 apr 2023
Forfatter(e): Shehan Karunatilaka
Forfatter(e) Shehan Karunatilaka


Kategori Sri Lanka


ISBN-13 9781914502071


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 432


Udgave


Længde 29mm


Bredde 199mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 6 apr 2023


Oplagsdato 6 apr 2023


Forlag Sort of Books

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