{"product_id":"anils-ghost-9780375724374","title":"Anil's Ghost","description":"With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed \u003cb\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/b\u003e, Booker Prize--winning author Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnil's Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e transports us to Sri Lanka, a country steeped in centuries of tradition, now forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. Into this maelstrom steps Anil Tissera, a young woman born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, who returns to her homeland as a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past-a story propelled by a riveting mystery. Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, \u003cb\u003eAnil's Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary spellbinder-Michael Ondaatje's most powerful novel yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Ondaatje is the author of three previous novels, a memoir and eleven books of poetry. His novel \u003cb\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/b\u003e won the Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada in 1962 and now lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749280383250,"sku":"9780375724374","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4c31c69-a40d-4970-b954-fa54c618c613.jpg?v=1764075116","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anils-ghost-9780375724374","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}