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Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel shortlisted for Booker Prize
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka's novel "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" has been shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
His book is one of six that have been shortlisted for the prestigious prize this year.
This is the second straight year that a Sri Lankan author has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Anuk Arudpragasam's novel "A Passage North" was shortlisted for the prize last year.
The full list of books listed for the 2022 prize is as follows:
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
The Trees by Percival Everett
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
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