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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
- Narrated by: Shivantha Wijesinha
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the Booker Prize, 2022
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 Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time when scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts who cluster around him 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.
2022, Booker Prize, Winner
2023, British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year, Short-listed
Critic Reviews
"Karunatilaka has a real lightness of touch." (The Observer)
"Celebrate the arrival of the Great Sri Lankan Novel." (The Times)
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- Claire Bailey
- 05-07-2023
binge listened
great performance
kept me hooked the whole way
make this one of your books this year
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- Sanjiv de Alwis
- 23-10-2023
Brilliant!
Truly blown away by this magnificent book. My expectations were high and it delivered and more. The narrator is incredible. The best I’ve heard!
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- jasper
- 30-11-2022
what fun
nothing slow about this novel. the main character and supporting characters are great. I had no idea about the sri Lankin Civil war, it's one of those stories which needs to be told
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- Anonymous User
- 26-04-2023
Best Audiobook
This is the best audiobook i have ever listened to. Shehan’s novel is spectacular and destructive, but Shivantha’s narration adds more depth to it than any narration i’ve heard before
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- Jon Hewett
- 15-02-2024
Worthy of the Booker Prize
This is a magnificent novel, darkly humorous, politically pointed and wise. The coterie of the Dead are tragic and touching in the great Bureaucracy of the afterlife. Perhaps the best performance of an audio book I have had the pleasure to hear.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-05-2024
Unique concept, beautifully written
Just needed some pausing between sections to help with context. I often had to rewind once I had worked out what was happening. With such unusual subject matter that would help - post production edit??
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- Shanelle Newton Clapham
- 01-07-2024
Brilliant narrator & Fab story
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It tackles such a big question of what is the afterlife and what is a good person or a bad person and are all lives equal?
The characters and friendships are real. The questions they ask themselves resonated with me.
The narrator does an excellent job at the voices and the story itself is both curious and enlightening for a westerner learning about Sri Lanka, its history and culture.
Cant recommend highly enough!
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- Clare
- 10-11-2023
Wow
A book that can be read on many levels. I found it a little confusing at the beginning as so many different Sri Lankan names, along with some surprising scenarios and concepts - but absolutely worth the effort ! Superbly narrated. This book is definitely a conversation starter. I am quite old and have never read anything like it.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2023
Best reading of all
This was an amazing experience. A difficult book in some ways, but one that makes us really think. It was the best reading of any audiobook I have ever heard. Congratulations to author and narrator. Thankyou.
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- Freya
- 23-07-2023
Marvellous
Brutal, bold, brave and beautifully performed. Draw me in and loved every minute. A triumph
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