Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka made his mark on the international literary scene with his first novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ way back in 2011, winning the DSC Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and a host of other accolades. Last year he won the Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’ a political satire wrapped in a murder mystery.
Star of Mysore caught up with him for a quick chat ahead of his travel to India to attend the seventh edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival, which will bring together a stellar cast of speakers and panellists from the world of arts and culture. The Mysuru Literature Festival, organised by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs-2015, will take place at Hotel Southern Star in city on July 1 and 2.—Ed
