Chinaman
From author of Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
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3.6 • 14 Ratings
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
Discover the blazing debut novel from the Booker Prize winning author.
'A crazy ambidextrous delight' Michael Ondaatje
Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'?
Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.
W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.
'Bristling with energy and confidence' Sunday Times
Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Customer Reviews
The kind of book which takes you with it
....well maybe most good books do, an this is another one of them. I had a fantastic read and could visualize the story easily, felt like I was a part of it. Will wait for the next book from SK.