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The Saint of Bright Doors

By Vajra Chandrasekera

This debut novel by a Sri Lankan writer has been garlanded with awards. Set in a world where demons and antigods prowl the streets, this is the tale of Fetter, a young man without a shadow. He was raised by his mother to be her weapon against his father, a revered prophet

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