Anil's Ghost

Michael Ondaatje

Exquisitely, beautifully written though not for the faint hearted. Concerns a forensic anthropologist who returns to his native Sri Lanka and gets caught up in the local political situation. Precise and evocative descriptions that give the reader the absolute essence of the characters.
Carolyn 23/09/01

Not a book for the squeamish (like Gill). About Sri Lanka in the 1980's - during a civil war involving 3 factions. About secrets and knowledge, and how people in the West just do not understand what it is like to live in such a situation. A good book, but, if you don't like hospitals and horrific torture may be best avoided!
Gill 11/9/05

By the same author

In The Skin Of A Lion

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