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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By: Shehan Karunatilaka
Narrated by: Shivantha Wijesinha
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Winner of the Booker Prize, 2022

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet queen, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time when scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts who cluster around him 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.

2022, Booker Prize, Winner

2023, British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year, Short-listed

©2022 Shehan Karunatilaka (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Fantasy Thought-Provoking Heartfelt War Royalty

Critic reviews

"Karunatilaka has a real lightness of touch." (The Observer)

"Celebrate the arrival of the Great Sri Lankan Novel." (The Times)
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An engrossing story developing like the MA photographs as the storyline enfolds. Metaphysical and grounding

Magical

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Writing and narration at it’s finest. Stories are not just stories they are important, this book is engaging and important.

Writing at it’s finest

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Thoroughly recommend that everyone should listen to this. The story is captivating, has a number of laugh out loud moments, and the narration is nothing other than brilliant. A wonderful listen!

Absolutely captivating!

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Takes you away into another world, dark subject matter and beautifully written, great read S

Beautifully Involving

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The story. The performance. All faultless. I loved this book. I will definitely listen again.

Indescribable

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Intriguing and unusual. Took me a while to get used to the characters names but it was a fascinating listen.

A slow listen but none the worse for that.

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Fantastic performance by the narrator. I’m glad I listened to this rather than reading the book as I don’t think I would have stuck with it to the end otherwise. Beautifully read and worth listening to if you usually enjoy books with a political/geo-political theme. Found the second person narrative style hard to really engage with but the performance was strong enough to keep me listening.

Fantastic performance

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I felt sad each time I had to stop listening. Best choice if a first time listener. I will follow this author. I loved the voice of the narrator.

Funny, visual and gripping

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Loved the writing and the themes around death and life in this book - easy 5 star read

Beautiful writing

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By far the best reader I have ever encountered, superb performance and one of the best books I had read in years

Exceptional performance

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