Shehan Karunatilaka answers readers’ questions about his novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’, shortlisted for
#BookerPrize2022. He talks about the 'big ideas' books that inspired him, including:
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
Plus he talks of his love of ‘Uncle’ Kurt Vonnegut and Stephen King
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