The remarkable thing about this violence-soaked novel narrated by a dead man is how full of life it is. Shehan Karunatilaka's The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida comes a decade after his rollicking debut Chinaman, which combined the love of cricket with the horror of Sri Lanka's civil war. Set at the tail end of the 80s, his second novel again plumbs national violence and atrocity, teasing out its roots in colonial history. It's also an offbeat love story, both romantic and platonic, and a whodunnit written in the urgent, intimate second person.
Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker winner is narrated by a dead man - but it’s a novel full of life | Booker prize | The Guardian
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