In an exclusive interview with The Quint, Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka, who won the Booker Prize this year for his novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’ shares his memories of the civil war, how life has changed since the Booker, self-censorship, the situation in Sri Lanka post the year-long economic crisis, his next book, and much more. ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ is set during the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war, which left close to 1 lakh people dead. Shehan Karunatilaka is only the second Sri Lankan to win the prestigious Booker Prize.
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