The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida -Sheehan Karunatilaka

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. 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. A rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.