The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Read by
Shivantha Wijesinha
Release:
12/20/2022
Release:
12/20/2022
Release:
12/20/2022
Runtime:
14h 15m
Runtime:
14h 15m
Runtime:
14h 15m
Quantity:
Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A London Times Pick of Best Books of 2022
A London Guardian Best Book of the Year
A London Financial Times Best Book of the Year
An NPR Pick of Favorite Books of 2022
An Instant National Bestseller
Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war.
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 serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka is back with a "thrilling satire" (Economist) and rip-roaring state-of-the-nation epic that offers equal parts mordant wit and disturbing, profound truths.
Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war.
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 serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
Ten years after his prize-winning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Shehan Karunatilaka is back with a "thrilling satire" (Economist) and rip-roaring state-of-the-nation epic that offers equal parts mordant wit and disturbing, profound truths.
Release:
2022-12-20
2022-12-20
2022-12-20
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
14h 15m
14h 15m
14h 15m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.98 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781696611251
9798212450324
9798212450317
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