A highly readable novel with sympathetic yet realistic characters facing the consequences of the Japanese bombing in colonial Ceylon in 1942 Easter.

Mohan Raj Madawala crafts a narrative of changing times as the British colony races for its independence from centuries of foreign rule. A ground-breaking novel of love, passion, revenge and the battle of haves and have nots to claim the spoils of war and step into the power vacuum.

The closeness of the novel's style and characters to the Latin American masters will surprise the reader.