Enter the spectral world of Maali Almeida, a Sri Lankan war photographer, gambler, and closet homosexual, as he wakes to an afterlife of bureaucracy while submerged in Beira Lake. Stripped of life yet burdened with purpose, Maali is granted seven moon cycles to unravel his own demise amidst a backdrop of civil strife where death swirls as commonly as the gossip of spirits. His lovers hang in the balance of his spectral whisper, and a trove of potent photographs holds the power to convulse a nation. It is a soul's journey through the opaque layers of love, betrayal, and political turbulence, crafted with the sharp edge of satire by the acclaimed author Shehan Karunatilaka.