Now with added author content - a Map of Colombo as viewed from the afterlife +
Dramatis Personae A magical realism whodunnit set amid Sri Lanka's civil war
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has
woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body
is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time
where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the
list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who
cluster round 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. Sri Lanka's
foremost author delivers a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing
truths.