Chinaman
From author of Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka
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If youve never seen a cricket match... if you cant understand why anyone would watch, let alone obsess over this dull game, then this is the book for you. Wije, an alcoholic Sri Lankan sports writer and extremely unreliable narrator, commences a quest to find the greatest unknown cricketer to ever play. Booker winner Karunatilaka manages to deftly weave together a brilliantly written, genuinely funny and poignant debut. Your knowledge of cricket and Sri Lanka can be as good as mine (zero) and it wont matter a jot; Wije is the best guide to both you could hope for.
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
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Apr 2012
Dimensions: 131 x 199 x 31 mm
ISBN: 9780099555681
