Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka blends magical realism and a ghost story to recount the darkest part of Sri Lankan history.
What We Say: “A sardonic, ghostly novel about Maali Almeida, a war photographer, gambler and gay man who has not come out. Navigating the afterlife, he has seven moons to solve his own murder – with a dispiritingly long list of potential suspects – and exposes the disturbing reality of Sri Lanka’s civil war. An adrenaline-fueled epic, crammed with biting humour and brutal truths” – Samantha de Haas
What They Say: “The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida is dazzling. Shehan Karunatilaka’s use of Sri Lankan folk mythology is truly original... human and non-human monsters equally terrify. And yet Karunatilaka’s exuberant language and humour keeps this book buoyant and a joy to read” — Shyam Selvadurai
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Samantha de Haas is Creative Production Manager at Service95
