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Anil's Ghost

Michael Ondaatje

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#1086 of 8,085 books · #283 in Crime & Thriller

Won the Giller Prize (2000).

Anil's Ghost transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past--a story propelled by a riveting mystery.

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Publisher
Destino
ISBN-13
9780375724374
Topics
Civil war and human rightsIdentity and homecomingForensic investigation and uncovering truth

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