Romesh Gunesekera

Heaven's Edge (2003)

Having read Gunesekera's first novel, 'Reef', which made the long list for the Man Booker Prize in 1994, so much that I booked a week's stay at an Arvon writing retreat to study writing with him. It was there that I bought a copy of 'Heaven's Edge', handing over my payment to the author in person...