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    Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

    The prestigious award was given to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which the judges hailed as "a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war."
    by Anastasia Tsioulcas Oct 17, 2022 1 minute
    Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka holds his book <em>The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida</em> at the Shaw Theatre in London on Oct. 14. On Monday, his novel won the 2022 Booker Prize.

    The 2022 Booker Prize was given to , written by Sri Lanka's Shehan Karunatilaka. The annual award, which was given Monday evening in London,

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