![]() ![]() It was called the Booker Prize or in short – The Booker. Was set up after the company Booker, McConnel Ltd began sponsoring the awarding of a prize in 1969 for the best fiction book. I shall start with the prize first and its name change. ![]() My plan for this article is in three parts: the long list Shehan and the prize. Shehan Karunatilaka is one among 13 authors long listed for the Booker Prize, which certainly is the most prestigious award in the sphere of creative writing in the English language. And thus the joy of getting to know that one of our own authors has achieved recognition and greatness worldwide. In these times of absolute gloom, fear, uncertainty and constant difficulties faced in mere basic living, even a speck of brightness is most welcome. The book is described as “part-tragedy, part-comedy, part-mystery and part-drunken memoir” set in 1999. In it he uses cricket to write about Sri Lankan history, through the story of an alcoholic journalist – W G Karunasena’s quest to track down a missing Sri Lankan cricketer – Pradeep Mathew – of the 1980s. His debut novel published by Penguin India brought fame, honour and many prizes to him: Chinaman: the legend of Pradeep Mathew. Shehan’s first (I presume) fiction writing was submitted as a manuscript to the Gratiaen Prize, but was not published. ![]()
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