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The
2003 Award
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July by Karen Roberts
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0297646435 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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a hot July day the streets of Colombo explode into frenzied violence. Mobs
begin to hunt and murder their neighbours, and burn and loot their property.
By the end of the day all of the residents of one peaceful district will
have their lives changed forever. Priyanthi Silva and her brother grow up in the beautiful Araliya Gardens, but when she falls in love with the neighbour's young son, the match is unthinkable to both their families and to a society riven with ethnic divisions. And the dark secret the youngsters have been hiding leads to betrayal and tragedy, as an inferno of hatred overcomes the district. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Karen Roberts was born in 1965 in Sri Lanka where she grew up. She worked in advertising in Colombo and Dubai for several years and now lives in California, U.S.A. where she writes full time. She is the author of one previous novel, The Flower Boy. |
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