![]() ![]() What's more he's disillusioned with the government and doesn't attach himself to any particular political organization in Sri Lanka which is heavily embroiled in a deadly civil war during the late 80s when this novel is set. Slut.” He accepts work from shady organizations, loses a lot of his money at a casino and sleeps around with many men behind his (secret) partner DD's back. From page one it states that if he had a business card it'd say: “Maali Almeida: Photographer. Maali Almeida documents atrocities of war and wants tyrants to be held accountable but he is not virtuous. ![]() Thankfully the protagonist is also much more interesting than the blandly good, pretty boy Sam Wheat. ![]() There may not be any Oda Mae Brown, but there is a more sinister self-interested sort of medium called The Crow Man. How could I not fall for a novel whose plot superficially resembles the movie 'Ghost'? That's not to say this book was inspired by that film as its use of ghosts caught “In-Between” is rooted in Sri Lankan folklore, but it's the reference which immediately came to my mind when reading this tremendous story. ![]()
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