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Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and gay man who has not come out of the closet, has woken up dead in what appears to be a heavenly public administration office. His dismembered body sinks into Lake Beira and Maali has no idea who his killer is. In an era in which death squads, bombers and hired thugs are the ones in charge of settling scores, the list of suspects is so long that it is depressing and the specters and gho...

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AUSGEZEICHNET MIT DEM BOOKER PRIZE 2022 Ein großer, funkensprühender Roman, in dem sich magischer Realismus mit einer Kriminalgeschichte und einer hochpolitischen Erzählung über den Bürgerkieg in Sri Lanka verbindet, der wie jeder andere Krieg für Millionen von Menschen den sinnlosen Tod bedeutet. Es sind ihre ruhelosen Geister, die in unsere Seelen und Gedanken wollen, allein mit dem Ziel, den Menschen zu retten. Aber ist der Mensch noch zu ...

Shortlisted 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 suspe...

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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 serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country 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 afte...

An epic, searing satire by Sri Lanka's coolest author.

Exciting and intriguing new literary fiction coming soon from Fleet.

Exciting and intriguing new literary fiction coming soon from Fleet.

Exciting and intriguing new literary fiction coming soon from Fleet.

Set in 2008, before the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, and just after the birth of social media and the smartphone, Khans is a satirical ensemble comedy about advertising, commerce and the lengths we go for meaningless pursuits. The story is centered around an iconic Colombo dive bar and the infantile industry types who come there to drink, plot and pontificate.

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023A 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 an...

Winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize* Winner of the $50, 000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature ** A Publishers Weekly "First Fiction" Pick for Spring 2012 *"A crazy ambidextrous delight. A drunk and totally unreliable narrator runs alongside the reader insisting him or her into the great fictional possibilities of cricket."--Michael OndaatjeAging sportswriter W.G. Karunasena's liver is shot. Years of drinking have seen to that. As his heal...