Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is a book by Shehan Karunatilaka. The book uses cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society. It tells the story of an alcoholic journalist's quest to track down a missing cricketer of the 1980s. The book was critically hailed, winning many awards. On 21 May 2012, Chinaman was announced as the regional winner for Asia of the Commonwealth Book Prize[1] and went on to win the overall Commonwealth Book Prize announced on 8 June.[2] It also won the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and the 2008 Gratiaen Prize.[3] Published to great acclaim in India and the UK, the book was one of the Waterstones 11 selected by British bookseller Waterstones as one of the top debuts of 2011 and was also shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Novel Prize.
Awards and honours
- 2012: Commonwealth Book Prize, overall winner, Chinaman
- 2012: DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, overall winner, Chinaman
- 2008: Gratiaen Prize, winner, Chinaman
References
- ↑ Commonwealth Book Prize & Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winners 2012. Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Alison Flood (8 June 2012). "Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 Commonwealth book prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ The Sunday Times, "Shehan’s winning googly", accessed 12 February 2011.