The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Karunatilaka, Shehan2022
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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 who cluster around him 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 chache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
Main title:
The seven moons of Maali Almeida / Shehan Karunatilaka.
Author:
Karunatilaka, Shehan, author
Imprint:
London : Sort of Books, 2022.©2022.
Collation:
386 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Winner, Booker Prize 2022
ISBN:
9781914502064 (paperback)9781908745903 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Death -- FictionMurder victims -- FictionPhotographers -- FictionPhotographers -- Sri Lanka -- FictionSpirits -- FictionColombo (Sri Lanka) -- FictionColombo (Sri Lanka) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionSri Lanka -- History -- FictionSri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009 -- FictionGhost storiesHistorical fiction
BRN:
140037