They've announced that Shehan Karunatilaka awarded the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 -- i.e. his Chinaman (to be published in the politically apparently hopelessly correct US as The Legend of Pradeep Mathew in May ...) did.
Or, as Archana Khare Ghose puts it nicely in the Times of India about this cricket-focused novel: 'Chinaman' hits a sixer.
See also the Graywolf publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.co.uk, or pre-order your copy from Amazon.com.
I've been enjoying this; a review should be up eventually.
See also the Graywolf publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.co.uk, or pre-order your copy from Amazon.com.
I've been enjoying this; a review should be up eventually.