The seven moons of Maali Almeida : a novel
Abstract:
"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"-- Amazon.com.
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Author:
Karunatilaka, Shehan, author.
Author, for Grouping:
Karunatilaka, Shehan,
Availability:
Sierra Vista Public Library~1
Database Key:
u648054
Document ID:
SD_ILS:648054
Edition:
First American edition
Author:
Karunatilaka, Shehan, author.
First Subject value, for Searching:
Photographers -- Sri Lanka -- Fiction.
Title:
The seven moons of Maali Almeida : a novel
Format:
Book
General Note:
"First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Sort Of Books"--Title page verso.
ISBN:
9781324064824
Language:
English
Number Available:
1
OCLC:
1349464164 1349733425 1350928104 1356737502
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
388 pages ; 22 cm
Preferred Shelf Number:
F KARUNATILAKA
Publication Date:
2023
2022
Publication Date as Range:
2022-2023
Relevance Sort Field:
2023
2022
Reverse Author:
Shehan, author. Karunatilaka
Subject:
Photographers -- Sri Lanka -- Fiction. |
Death -- Fiction. |
Murder victims -- Fiction. |
Death. |
Photographers. |
Sri Lanka -- History -- Fiction. |
Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Fiction. |
Sri Lanka. |
Sri Lanka -- Colombo. |
Fiction. |
History. |
Novels. |
Historical fiction. |
Subsequent Subject values, for Searching:
Death -- Fiction.
Murder victims -- Fiction.
Death.
Photographers.
Sri Lanka -- History -- Fiction.
Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Fiction.
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka -- Colombo.
Fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Subsequent Title values, for Searching:
7 moons of Maali Almeida
Summary:
"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"--
Title:
The seven moons of Maali Almeida : a novel
7 moons of Maali Almeida
Title, for Grouping:
The seven moons of Maali Almeida :