{"product_id":"noontide-toll-romesh-gunesekera-9781620970201","title":"Noontide Toll","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn postwar Sri Lanka, a hired driver observes his passengers--tourists, soldiers, businessmen, and others--in these linked stories by a \"master storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vasantha retired early, bought himself a van, and now works as a driver for hire. As he drives through Sri Lanka, carrying aid workers, entrepreneurs, and visiting families; meeting lonely soldiers and eager hoteliers, he engages them with self-deprecating wit and folksy wisdom--while revealing to us their uncertain lives with piercing insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On his journey from the army camps in northern Jaffna to the moonlit ramparts of Galle, in the south, Vasantha slowly discovers the depth of his country's troubles--as well as his own--while catching a glimmer of the promise the future might hold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eReef\u003c\/i\u003e comes a collection of \"gracefully crafted road stories\" that draws a potent portrait of postwar Sri Lanka and the ghosts of civil war (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Romesh Gunesekera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMonkfish Moon\u003c\/i\u003e strikes the reader like a hammer blow. . . . Gunesekera's subtly erotic prose animates Sri Lanka's natural luxuriance, veined with menace.\" --\u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Romesh Gunesekera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2015 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/05\/2015 pg. 31","brand":"Romesh Gunesekera","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939290939647,"sku":"9781620970201","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_73f1e6b7-aa42-475b-a270-f3aa258285f1.jpg?v=1681440633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/noontide-toll-romesh-gunesekera-9781620970201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}