I chose this book from a very limited selection of Sri Lankan books which would qualify for my story graph reads the world challenge from the used books shops available to me, and as such had no real expectations going in. I knew nothing of Sri Lankan history or culture and as a result have learned quite a lot from this book and thoroughly enjoyed it in the process. 

There was a wide array of characters who, for the most part, are well rounded. The novel is told from 2 perspectives and those characters are very interesting and complex. Through these 2 characters the novel explores themes of attitudes towards the woman’s suffrage movement, homosexuality, and the cast system within 1920’s Ceylon. The plot itself was particularly good, really just a tale of 2 peoples lives without any specific theme but done in a beautiful way that I’ve not seen before. 

It's to really say much more about this book beyond that I found it very enjoyable and will seek out other works by the author in the future.