![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Karunatilaka’s latest, which is just out, tells an equally compelling story. The rights for the book were reportedly acquired by a major Indian studio early last year. Chinaman picked up several awards, including the Commonwealth Book Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, in 2012. Karunasena’s obsessive search is set against the story of Sri Lanka in the late 1980s and early 1990s, an island infested with terrorism and corruption, and torn asunder by civil war. Among the most lethal deliveries in the left-arm spinner’s arsenal was the ‘double bounce ball’, which, when bowled, was akin to “a 5-ounce, spherical, leather-bound object made to behave as a pebble skimming water”. It told the story of cynical old hack WG Karunasena’s search for a half Tamil, half Sinhalese cricketer named Pradeep Sivanathan Mathew who shone like a supernova before disappearing mysteriously from the scene. Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka’s first book, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, was released in 2010. ![]()
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