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Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Melbourne Writers Festival

Event Date: 5 May 2023 06:30 PM
Author / Presenters: Melbourne Writers Festival

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his dazzling magic-realist satire The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Set during his homeland’s long civil war, the story follows its title character, a self-described photographer, gambler and ‘closet queen’, who wakes up as a ghost with a week to discover who killed him. […]

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