The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

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English

Sort Of Books
03 October 2023

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); War & combat fiction

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022

Now with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis Personae

A magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka's civil war

Colombo, 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

By: Shehan Karunatilaka
Imprint: Sort Of Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781914502071
ISBN 10: 1914502078
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shehan Karunatilaka is the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. His debut novel, Chinaman (2011) won the Commonwealth Book Prize and Gratiaen Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he studied in New Zealand and has lived in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. He currently lives in Colombo with his family, his guitars and his notes for new stories.

Reviews for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Fizzes with energy, imagery and ideas against a broad, surreal vision of the Sri Lankan civil wars. * The Booker judges * Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls or Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita ... Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country's history * Guardian * Outstanding ... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade * New European * Praise for Chinaman: A festive, exuberant feast of language and storytelling -- Boyd Tonkin Celebrate the arrival of the Great Sri Lankan Novel -- Simon Barnes * The Times * A mixture of, say, CLR James, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Fernando Pessoa and Sri Lankan arrack...essential to anyone with a taste for maverick genius * Sunday Times * A crazy ambidextrous delight -- Michael Ondaatje