Description: 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 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 contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka. 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 Book and Mortar Record Store The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida -- Shehan Karunatilaka 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 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 contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka. 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. Author: Shehan Karunatilaka Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Published: 11/01/2022 Pages: 400 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.67lbs Size: 8.26h x 5.51w x 0.95d ISBN: 9781324064824 Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
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Release Title: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida -- Shehan Karunatilaka
Book Title: Seven Moons of Maali Almeida : a Novel
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Topic: Satire, Literary
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Shehan Karunatilaka
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
