The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida

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A gripping tale set against the brutal backdrop of Sri Lanka’s civil war, this Booker Prize-winning novel follows Maali Almeida, a war photographer who finds himself dead and trapped in a mysterious afterlife. With only seven moons to solve the mystery of his death, Maali must race against time to protect those he loves and expose shocking secrets.

A darkly comic and thrilling exploration of life, death, and justice during a turbulent time in Sri Lanka’s history.

Set in Colombo in 1990, Maali Almeida wakes up dead in what feels like a celestial visa office, unaware of who ended his life. His body lies dismembered in the calm waters of Beira lake, while the chaos of civil war rages around him. As a war photographer, gambler, and closeted gay man, Maali’s world was already complicated, but now he faces a long list of enemies-death squads, suicide bombers, and hired killers-each with their own reasons for wanting him gone.

Surrounded by restless spirits nursing old grudges, Maali has only seven moons in the afterlife to reach out to the two people he loves most. His mission is urgent: to guide them to a hidden collection of photographs that could shake Sri Lanka to its core.

Shehan Karunatilaka returns with this sharp, witty, and haunting epic a decade after his acclaimed novel Chinaman, cementing his place as one of Sri Lanka’s most compelling voices. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida blends mordant humor with unsettling truths in a story that’s as thrilling as it is thought-provoking.

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