We are making deals with Tamil Terrorists. A memorable line from the book is “We are inviting the Indians to invade us. Perhaps, its great merit is in admitting as a Sinhalese the great atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan state when most Sinhalese cover up saying the massacres are terrorist propaganda by the Tamil Tigers. It is truly a great book in line with his achievements. (Note: DSL seems another name for the Commonwealth Book Prize, but with no confirmation of this anywhere). And now he has garnered the Booker Prize. According to the blurbs on the book, he emerged on to the global literary stage in 2011, when he won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSL and Gratiaen Prize for his debut novel, Chinaman. The book under review is authored by one described as one of Sri Lanka’s foremost literary authors.
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