Anil's Ghost

Anil's Ghost

by Michael Ondaatje (Author)

Synopsis

Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist, has returned to Sri Lanka, a land steeped in culture and tradition, to investigate organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. This is a story of love, family, and identity, set in a country torn apart and ravaged by civil war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 04 May 2001

ISBN 10: 0330480774
ISBN 13: 9780330480772
Prizes: Winner of Irish Times Literary Prize,International Fiction 2001 and Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize - Fiction 2000.

Media Reviews
When forensic anthropologist Anil Tissera returns to Sri Lanka she finds the country ravaged by civil war. She has been sent there to investigate the organised murder campaigns that have engulfed the island and what follows is a story of love, family and identity and a quest to unlock the hidden past. Superb reviews for this new novel by the author of the Booker Prize winning The English Patient.
Author Bio
Michael Ondaatje is the author of three earlier books of poetry including The Cinnamon Peeler. Selected Poems. He is also the author of several works of fiction including In the Skin of Lion, Running in the Family, Coming through Slaughter and The English Patient, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1992. He lives in Toronto.