{"title":"Romesh Gunesekera","description":"Romesh Gunesekera grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines and now lives in London. He is the author of the novel, Reef, which was a Booker Prize finalist, and a collection of short stories, Monkfish Moon, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.","products":[{"product_id":"reef-paperback","title":"Reef - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"incandescent\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) coming-of-age-story and debut novel by the acclaimed Booker Prize finalist Romesh Gunesekera\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTriton loved living in Mister Salgado's house. It was the biggest house he had ever seen--filled with floors to sweep and silver to polish and meals to cook and adults to impress and a brilliant master whose voice was poetry. And people from all over the world came to the house-- to sell their wares, to talk, to live, for this was where life took place. Even the sun would rise from the garage and sleep behind the \u003ci\u003edel\u003c\/i\u003e tree at night. And in the house, life was good.\u003cp\u003eBut beyond Mister Salgado's house and their Sri Lankan village there was a world. And all around them, it was falling apart...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374369833183,"sku":"9781573225335","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/w0m_P6PSnX9781573225335.webp?v=1789178840"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/romesh-gunesekera.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}