The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a bold, surreal, and darkly comic novel set in war-torn 1990s Sri Lanka. Maali Almeida, a war photographer and gambler, wakes up dead in what seems to be a bureaucratic afterlife. Given seven moons to uncover the truth behind his murder and lead his loved ones to a hidden cache of explosive photographs, Maali races against time, spirits, and political chaos to bring justice to light.

Haunting, satirical, and fiercely imaginative, Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel blends historical fiction with magical realism in a powerful exploration of conflict, truth, and the afterlife.

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