Ondaatje is a poet as well as a novelist, so the writing is full of imagery. It's central theme concerns Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist working for a human rights organisation, and her mission to find the source of the campaigns of murder engulfing Sri Lanka. It's very dark, occasionally funny, sometimes obscure. It's a great read, though not perhaps at bedtime
(Jenny Baker - bwl 5 October 2000 ) |
