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L’incredibile storia di Maali Almeida si apre in circostanze a dir poco inconsuete: il giovane Maali, fotografo di guerra, giocatore d’azzardo e gay clandestino, si è appena svegliato in quello che sembra un ufficio visti celestiale. È morto, il suo corpo sta affondando nelle acque quiete del lago Beira e lui non ha idea di come ci sia finito. Siamo nel 1990, Colombo è «una città puzzolente dove le azioni rimangono impunite e i fantasmi camminano non visti» e lo Sri Lanka un paese in cui l’elenco dei sospetti è tristemente lungo e a regolare i conti sono squadroni della morte, attentatori suicidi e sicari. Nemmeno nell’aldilà, però, si può stare troppo tranquilli. Il tempo, per Maali, scorre veloce: ha a disposizione soltanto sette lune – sette notti – per contattare l’uomo e la donna che più ama e condurli alla sua scatola segreta di fotografie, una collezione di immagini altamente compromettenti che potrebbero sconvolgere lo Sri Lanka. Deve assicurarsi che non vadano perdute. Disturbato da ostacoli di ogni sorta, cerca di portare a termine la complicata missione e, nel frattempo, si sforza di rimettere ordine nei ricordi per risolvere l’enigma che lo assilla: chi l’ha ucciso?

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\nLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023\n\nNow with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis Personae\n\nA magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka's civil war\n\nColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \nBut 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.\nSri Lanka's foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. \n\n'Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Gogol and Bulgakov.' Guardian \n'Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.' New European

Discover the blazing debut novel from the Booker Prize winning author.\n\n'A crazy ambidextrous delight' Michael Ondaatje\n\nWhere is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'?\n\nRetired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.\n\nW.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.\n\n'Bristling with energy and confidence' Sunday Times\n\nWinner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\nLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023\n\nNow with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife + Dramatis Personae\n\nA magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka's civil war\n\nColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \nBut 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.\nSri Lanka's foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. \n\n'Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Gogol and Bulgakov.' Guardian \n'Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.' New European

A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \r\n\r\nBut 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. Ten years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. 'Fizzes with energy, imagery and ideas against a broad, surreal vision of the Sri Lankan civil wars' The Booker judges. 'Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls or Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita ... Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country's history' Guardian\r\n\r\n'Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.' New European

A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \r\n\r\nBut 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. Ten years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths. 'Fizzes with energy, imagery and ideas against a broad, surreal vision of the Sri Lankan civil wars' The Booker judges. 'Recalls the mordant wit and surrealism of Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls or Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita ... Karunatilaka has done artistic justice to a terrible period in his country's history' Guardian\r\n\r\n'Outstanding... the most significant work of Sri Lankan fiction in a decade.' New European

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\n\nA searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war\n\nColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \n\nBut 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.\n\nTen years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.

Discover the blazing debut novel from the Booker Prize winning author.\n\n'A crazy ambidextrous delight' Michael Ondaatje\n\nWhere is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'?\n\nRetired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.\n\nW.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.\n\n'Bristling with energy and confidence' Sunday Times\n\nWinner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\n\nA searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war\n\nColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, 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. At a time 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. \n\nBut 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.\n\nTen years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.