This year’s Booker Prize winner, Shehan Karunatilaka, went to school and university in New Zealand. Sri Lanka-born Karuna-tilaka took home the Booker for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. He boarded at Whanganui Collegiate and studied for a BA in English literature and a postgrad diploma in business administration at Massey University in Palmerston North. He’s rumoured to be returning to New Zealand next year.
Booker chairman of judges Neil McGregor said the novel, a supernatural satire set amid Sri Lanka’s civil war in 1990, was an afterlife noir that dissolves the boundaries not just of different genres, but of life and death, body and spirit, east and west”. The book takes readers on a journey at once horrific and humorous, beyond life and beyond death, to the world’s dark heart. And there, astonishingly, and encouragingly, we find tenderness, laughter, loyalty and love.”
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Sights to behold
Being blind didn't deter Aucklander FRASER ALEXANDER and his partially-sighted wife from travelling in Europe. Their memories were shaped by sound, touch and smell.
Pages of delight
Charming survey of children's literature throughout the centuries should be treasured and reread.
Heart of the matter
Women are less likely to be diagnosed with heart disease than men, and less likely to get best treatment. Researchers are struggling with old stereotypes to right the balance.
Balaclava beats
Their paramilitary shtick is intentionally menacing, offensive and alienating, but to be fair to the hip-hop trio Kneecap, their infamous balaclava is disarmingly hilarious. Kneecap, the 2024 movie that offers a fictionalised account of their rise to fame, is a Bafta- and Oscar-nominated Northern Irish film sensation.
Friends like these
One of the stranger characteristics of the populist oligarchy mobilising around Donald Trump's new administration is the interest taken in the domestic politics of the UK.
Irresistible force
A new documentary about gentle rugby giant Jonah Lomu reveals little but is a reminder of what made him special.
Fleeing the nest
A tale of building a new life after an abusive relationship makes for an impressive debut.
Life less ordinary
Chelsie Preston Crayford follows a big 2024 with a new comedy role and putting the finishing touches on her debut feature as a director and writer.
Not on our watch
Nasa, one of the most technologically advanced organisations on the planet, made prospective astronauts take inkblot tests to determine their sexuality.
No free lunch
The new, cut-price school lunch programme will shut out many community providers. But will bulk-supplied meals meet children’s needs?
