What is it about Maali’s character that makes him so likeable? Yet despite his flaws, the Booker judges described him as ‘wonderful company’ and ‘cheerfully unapologetic about what others might see as his failings’. At the beginning of the novel we’re told: If you had a business card, this is what it would say. Discuss how Shehan Karunatilaka has allowed these genres to intersect and whether you think it is successful. Seven Moons has been described as a cross-genre novel, merging magical realism with a ghost story, a whodunnit, and a state-of-the-nation piece of work. (p.22) Is Maali being reductive here? Do you think this is reflective of real life in Sri Lanka?
At one point the protagonist writes a cheat sheet for an American journalist on the different factions in the war, which he signs off: Don’t try and look for the good guys, ‘cause there ain’t none. The novel is set in 1990, against a backdrop of the real-life civil war that took place in Sri Lanka. Why might the author have chosen to write the novel in this manner? Does it enhance the reading experience? The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is narrated entirely in the second person.
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