Discover the blazing debut novel from the Booker Prize winning author.

'A crazy ambidextrous delight' Michael Ondaatje

Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'?

Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know.

W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.

'Bristling with energy and confidence' Sunday Times

Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

• We started tracking this book on May 14, 2011.
• This book was £8.27 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 47 times in the past 5,161 days.
• The current price of this book is £5.99 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on September 2, 2023.
• This book has been £0.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £8.64 last reached on December 27, 2011.
• This book has been £8.64 3 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionContemporary FictionLiterary
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionSports
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionFamily Life
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionLiterary

• Publication Date: April 28, 2011
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 393 Pages
• File Size: 100 KB