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![]() ![]() The Sri Lankan author accepted his award from Camilla, the Queen consort. Karunatilaka's prize-winning book was published by Sort of Books, which is an independent British publishing house. not be mistaken for realism or political satire." Karunatilaka, who won 50,000 pounds ($57,000 €57,875) in prize money along with the award, said he hoped that his book would be found in the "fantasy section of the bookshop and will. MacGregor added the book was an entirely "philosophical romp" and won because of "the ambition, the scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and the hilarity of the execution." Neil MacGregor, chair of the judges for this year, said the book is a "metaphysical thriller, an afterlife noir that dissolves the boundaries not just of different genres, but of life and death, body and spirit, east and west." ![]() Maali Almeida then has seven moons to reach out to loved ones who can find his pictures that document the atrocities of the civil war. Karunatilaka's book is set in the 1990s and is about a gay photographer who wakes up dead during the country's civil war. ![]() Karunatilaka accepted the award at a ceremony in London, saying he hoped the book would be read in a Sri Lanka that "learns from its stories." What is the award-winning book about? Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel, "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida." ![]()
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