- Title:
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
- Written by:
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Shehan Karunatilaka
- Read by:
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Shivantha Wijesinha
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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12
- Duration:
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14 hours 22 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2022
- Available Date:
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December 01 2022
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038628701
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Bestselling author
Booker Prize-winning author
Winner Booker Prize 2022
Shortlisted British Book Awards / Audiobook of the Year 2023
A searing, mordantly funny, state-of-the-nation satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war from award-winning author 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 Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time when 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 cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
'It is clear that Karunatilaka is a fearless writer, perhaps the most important quality in a writer.' (on Chats with the Dead)
The Indian Express
'Celebrate the arrival of the Great Sri Lankan Novel.'
The Times
'Karunatilaka has a real lightness of touch.'
The Observer