![]() He’s writing about YOU,’” Karunatilaka paraphrases when we talk a little later that morning.Ī spirited magical-realist epic, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is set in 1989 during the Sri Lankan civil war. These were met by a furious response from Sri Lankans, who “piled back on them saying: ‘Stay away from this guy. ![]() W hen Shehan Karunatilaka woke in his hotel this morning after winning the Booker prize – becoming the first Sri Lankan novelist to do so since Michael Ondaatje won for The English Patient in 1992 – he had more than 300 unread WhatsApp messages, but also tweets from Sri Lanka’s president, the leader of the opposition and other politicians congratulating him. ![]()
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