The Hungry Ghosts

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Hardcover, 384 pages

Published 2013 by Doubleday Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-385-67066-1
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Shivan Rassiah, a Canadian man in his early thirties, prepares to leave his home in Toronto to visit his dying grandmother in Sri Lanka. Much is riding on this trip for Shivan, who hopes it will bring the renewal he so desperately needs.

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reviewed The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai

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This story is set in Toronto, Vancouver and Sri Lanka. I loved reading the Sri Lanka parts, the protagonist even ate at the restaurant I had breakfast from every day.

The Sri Lanka parts describe some of the horror from the 80s. I arrived after that and reading this made it more vivid.

It's Shyam Selvadurai so it is incredibly well written. But it is not a happy story.

Also, the protagonist spends a lot of time being angry at other people. Often with good reason. But sometimes not. And I don't like being around angry people, I've discovered.