Chinaman

byShehan Karunatilaka

From author of Booker Prize 2022 winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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'A crazy ambidextrous delight' Michael Ondaatje
'Bristling with energy and confidence' Sunday Times
'Spellbinding' Mohammed Hanif

The blazing debut novel by the Booker prize-winning author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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.

Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

The strength of the book lies in its energy, its mixture of humour and heartwrenching emotion, its twisting narrative, its playful use of cricketing facts and characters, and its occasional blazing anger about what Sri Lanka has done to itself...

Kamila Shamsie, Guardian

About Shehan Karunatilaka

Shehan Karunatilaka is the multi-award winning author of two novels. He won the Commonwealth Book Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his debut novel, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. He won the Booker Prize 2022 for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. In addition to his novels he has written rock songs, screenplays and travel stories.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099555681
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 25mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 287g
  • Price: £9.99
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