![]() I felt something I have not felt a long time in my readings: catharsis.’ Gazala Anver, Roar Media ‘As far as Sri Lankan Anglophone literature is concerned, this is as good as it gets. It also helps that he is astonishingly funny.’ Roshan Ali, Indian Express Shehan Karunatilaka's use of Sri Lankan folk mythology is truly original … his exuberant language and humour keeps this book buoyant and a joy to read.’ Shyam Selvadurai, author of Funny Boy ‘Karunatilaka is a fearless writer. ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is dazzling. ‘A brave and brilliantly inventive novel, full of energy, about a mad bad world in a dark time.’ Romesh Gunesekera, author of Reef and Monkfish Moon Karunatilaka writes with tinder-dry wit and an unfaltering ear for prose cadences.’ Kate McLoughlin, TLS ‘Brilliant…rollicking…a pleasure to read. ‘Shehan Karunatilaka’s epic novel is a powerful evocation of Sri Lanka’s dark and brutal past.’ Lucy Popescu, Financial Times ‘This magic realist (and often funny) novel fizzes with energy and ideas… Imagine a mash-up of Stranger Things and Salman Rushdie.’ Robbie Millen, Times ![]()
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