{"product_id":"the-match-hardcover-1","title":"The Match - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRomesh Gunesekera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager from Sri Lanka, Sunny is living the typical life of an expatriate in 1970s Manila--a privileged, carefree existence--until one day when the secret behind his mother's tragic death years earlier is accidentally revealed to him, turning Sunny's world upside down. His life takes a series of unexpected turns--first in England, where he falls in love with the luminous Clara, and later in Sri Lanka, where he returns during a brief lull in the country's brutal ethnic war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of V.S. Naipaul in his nuanced treatment of the melancholy of exile, Gunesekera takes the reader on an utterly absorbing journey across the late twentieth-century postcolonial world. Spanning three continents and thirty years, \u003ci\u003eThe Match\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and atmospheric \u003ci\u003e(Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of the nature of loss and displacement, the search for identity and love, and the possibility, in the end, of redemption and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomesh Gunesekera is the author of \u003ci\u003eMonkfish Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReef\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sandglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Match\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNoontide Toll\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by The New Press). He grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines and now lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.42 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247256027385,"sku":"9781595581983","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RFJVSk5PR1dDZEtQOHlrZVYzYWRSUT09_5ec14548-98d0-44f9-aa21-80602aa3d52a.webp?v=1768621287","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-match-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}