The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sort of Books, 2022)

Historical Fiction

Turmoil and war also provide the backdrop for this year’s Booker Prize winner: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (ISBN: 9781908745903). Set in the horrors of the Sri Lankan civil war, Almeida has been murdered and dumped in the festering Beira Lake: he has seven months in the afterlife to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a stash of his photographs that will rock the country. The book’s satire and humour are sharp, and its depictions are visceral and brutal; but it is also a book of loyalty and love.

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