Anil's Ghost

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Anil's Ghost
Author Michael Ondaatje
Country Canada
Language English
Genre(s) Fiction
Publisher McClelland and Stewart
Released 2000
Media Type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 320 pages
ISBN ISBN 0-7710-6893-X

Anil's Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje. It was first published in 2000 by McClelland and Stewart.

Anil, a westernised Sri Lankan, is sent back to her home country by a Genevan Human Rights organisation to investigate claims of breaches of human rights. Teaming up with a government archaeologist, Sarath, she attempts to identify the body of a skeleton they find, thereby having proof of government committed atrocities and giving a symbolic voice to the other 'disappeared'.