Shyam Selvadurai
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Shyam Selvadurai was born in 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He left Sri Lanka after the 1983 riots on Colombo and settled with his family in Canada. He lives in Toronto and is the author of Funny Boy (1994), Cinnamon Gardens (1998) and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea (2005).
Books by Shyam Selvadurai
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Amrith comes to terms with his sexuality in this sweeping coming-of-age story set against the stormy backdrop of monsoon season in 1980s Sri Lanka. For fans of Call Me By Your Name.
Cinnamon Gardens
Richly rewarding . . . this is a novel that deserves, and will surely gain, a wide readership' Adam Lively, Sunday Times