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21st book of the year: “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”, by Shehan Karunatilaka

A friend posted that they'd just read a book that they think might be the best book they'd ever read, and it was this one. 4, 3, 2, 1 was listed for a Booker and this one won the prize? OK, I'll try it.

I really wanted to like it more than I did, and the second act really flows well, but I had a hard time finishing it, today, finally. It's right up my alley in lots of ways. v0v

[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204-the-seven-moons-of-maali-almeida](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204-the-seven-moons-of-maali-almeida)


![Paperback cover, as I read it, centered all-caps futura lookin' font w/ thep points all alightly rounded in white over a multicolor acrylic painted face in bold geometric cirles and rings and swoops in vibrant colors](./111122842548714829.jpeg)