His most recent novel is Suncatcher, published the The New Press. He has also been a judge for a number of prestigious literary prizes including the David Cohen British Literature Prize and the Caine Prize for African Writing and the 2013 Granta list of the Best of Young British Novelists. His fiction has been translated into many languages and he has run highly acclaimed writing workshops around the world. His fourth novel The Match, published in 2006 was hailed as one of the first novels in which cricket was amply celebrated and a "book that not only shows what fiction can do, it shows why fiction is written - and read." (Irish Times). He is also the author of The Sandglass,(winner of the inaugural BBC Asia Award) and Heaven's Edge which like his collection of stories, Monkfish Moon, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Reef by Romesh Gunesekera Buy Study Guide Reef Irony Triton’s hatred for Joseph (Situational Irony) When Triton begins working in the Salgado household, he immediately develops an intense hatred for Joseph, the head servant. In the novel Reef, Romesh Gunesekera describes the lives of a Sri Lankan cook, Triton, and his master, Mister Salgado. His first novel Reef was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Romesh Gunesekera was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Britain.
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