Five years after winning national acclaim with his Giller Prize longlisted debut novel, Randy Boyagoda returns with the epic story of a man who lives in defiance of his fate.
Told in four parts, this enthralling novel traces the story of Sam Kandy, who is born to low prospects in a Ceylon village in 1899 and dies a hundred years later as the wealthy headman of the same village—a self-made shipping magnate and the father of 16 who’s been married three times and widowed twice.
A novel about family, pride, and ambition, set on a gorgeous, troubled island caught between tradition and modernity, Beggar’s Feast establishes Boyagoda as a major voice in international literature.
