The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Set in Colombo during 1990, this Booker Prize-winning novel brings together a war photographer, gambler, and closeted man who finds himself dead and trapped in a mysterious afterlife. Maali Almeida has only seven moons to solve the mystery of his own murder and reach out to those he left behind. Blending dark humor with incisive social commentary, the story exposes the hidden violence and secrets that shape a nation caught in conflict.