But can they compel reclusive June to join their cause? There´s gentlemanly pensioner Stanley, who visits the library for the computers and the crosswords, cantankerous Mrs B, who is yet to find a book she approves of, and teenager Chantal, who just wants a quiet place to study away from home. When the library is threatened with closure, a ragtag band of eccentric locals establish the Friends of Chalcot Library campaign. Instead, she´s retreated into herself and her memories, surviving on Chinese takeaways-for-one and rereading their favourite books at home. But despite their shared love of books, shy June has never felt she can live up to the village´s memory of her mum. When her mum - the beloved local librarian - passed away eight years ago, June stepped into her shoes. Library assistant June knows a lot about the regulars at Chalcot Library, yet they know very little about her. 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.You can tell a lot about a person from the library books they borrow. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lanka.
But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali.
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. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. Maali Almeida-war photographer, gambler, and closet queen-has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. 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.Ĭolombo, 1990.
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022.
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