# @thebookerprizes on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjyAJe7Dyv_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24487129-thebookerprizes-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/582d0acd10.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-10-16T16:28:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

## Caption

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

Watch the full video on our YouTube Channel (link in bio).

## Stats

- **Views:** 7,093
- **Likes:** 477
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 8

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization |

## Tags

bookerprize2022

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