Shehan Karunatilaka

La novela ganadora del premio Booker 2022Una sátira mordaz narrada en el marco de la sangrienta vorágine de una Sri Lanka asolada por la guerra civil.Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, fotógrafo de guerra, ludopata y hombre gay que no ha salido del armario, se ha despertado muerto en lo que parece ser una oficina de la administracion publica celestial. Su cuerpo desmembrado se hunde en el lago Beira y Maali no tiene ni la mas remota idea de quien es su asesino. En una epoca en la que los escuadrones de la muerte, los hombres bomba y los matones a sueldo son quienes se encargan de ajustar cuentas, la lista de sospechosos es tan larga que resulta deprimente y los espectros y fantasmas que le rodean pueden dar fe de ello.Sin embargo, incluso en el mas alla, a Maali se le agota el tiempo. Solo tiene siete lunas para contactar con el hombre y la mujer a los que mas quiere en el mundo y conducirlos hasta el alijo secreto de fotografias que pondra Sri Lanka patas arriba.Diez años despues de que su galardonada novela Chinaman lo consagrase como uno de los autores mas importantes de Sri Lanka, Karunatilaka regresa con una historia epica y emocionante, cargada de verdades perturbadoras y un ingenioso humor mordaz.

An epic, searing satire by Sri Lankas coolest author.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 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. But 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.

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil warColombo, 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.But 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.