{"product_id":"reef-9781803513584","title":"Reef","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunning new edition of Romesh Gunesekera's debut novel \u003ci\u003eReef\u003c\/i\u003e, redesigned as part of Granta's publication of the author's backlist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A work of strange, slow-motion, underwater intensity. Put your ear to the page and you can almost hear the ocean whisper' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA single lighted match banishes Triton from his father's home to the employ of Mister Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed by swamps, sea  movements and a Sri Lankan island's disappearing reef. Stranded in  London years later, Triton plumbs the depths of his childhood memories -  a period of brewing political, ethical and religious turmoil - and  brings us to understand how he has navigated this brave new world, which  once lost will haunt him forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781803513584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 07 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRomesh Gunesekera is the author of \u003ci\u003eReef\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Sandglass\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and won the inaugural BBC Asia Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Match and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoontide Toll\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eMonkfish Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. He was born in Colombo and lives in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eA kind of Asian Tempest, drenched in the unreal, tropical colours of dream * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eDark as one of Graham Greene's tropical undergrowths, funny in the way that Naipaul can be, multi-layered in the manner of Joyce, evocative as Narayan, Reef is a thing of Beauty * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA sensuous feast of delight, incessantly pleasurable to read, the writing, like the reef itself, shimmers with constant surprises * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA work of strange, slow-motion, underwater intensity. Put your ear to the page and you can almost hear the ocean whisper * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA book of the deepest human interest and moral poise...Very few contemporary novels combine at so high but natural a pitch qualities of epic strength and luminous intimacy * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA big treat to discover Gunesekera's magical evocation of a Sri Lanka on the brink of destruction -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eAn astute evocation of Sri Lanka as it approached a time of upheaval -- Eimear McKeith * Irish Times *","brand":"Romesh Gunesekera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574438826201,"sku":"9781803513584","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781803513584.jpg?v=1790774968","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/reef-9781803513584","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}