~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2022
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a bawdy and wisecracking satire set amid the murderous mayhem of the Sri Lankan Civil War . . .
Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka’s foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka returns with The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, an engrossing satire and rip-roaring state-of-the-nation epic that offers equal parts mordant wit and disturbing, profound truths.
"This book is difficult to categorise. With ghosts and spirits in the afterlife, it is part supernatural, but it also gives you a thorough grounding in Sri Lankan politics, and as the narrative gathers pace it becomes a whodunnit. The result is a thrilling read." -- BBC