‘EVERY ACT HAS A PAST. EVENTS DON’T MATERIALISE FROM NOWHERE.’Ras, a Tamil exile working at London’s National Gallery, is awaiting trial for the theft of a Renaissance masterpiece. Searching for the truth behind her client’s act, Ras’s lawyer, Elizabeth, must piece together his story and that of enigmatic British writer Alex Benson. The trail she follows leads from Sri Lanka to the hills of Italy where, despite the serenity of the landscape, war’s shadow looms long and large.A vivid and moving fresco of art, love and loss from the LA Times Prize shortlisted author of Mosquito and Brixton Beach.
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Roma Tearne is a Sri Lankan-born novelist and filmmaker whose books include Bone China and Mosquito. She has been short-listed for the Costa, the Kirimaya, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize and long-listed for the Orange Prize and the Asian Man Booker.
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