Sindu is a skilled writer, and this is a remarkable first novel." - Los Angeles Review of Books "Sindu's heart-wrenching debut novel. A book that reveals the secrets of a community caught between East and West." -Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "Entertaining." -The Toronto Star "Enthralling. Here, the intersections of migration, sexuality and culture are explored in loving and heartbreaking detail. SJ Sindu is an intuitive writer with great insights into the complications of love and friendship." -Timothy Schaffert, author of The Swan Gondola "SJ Sindu has written an important novel about Sri Lankan immigrant culture. I'm especially captivated by the novel's honesty and tenderness.
SJ Sindu's debut is more than impressive it's important." -Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain "I love Lucky, the unforgettable narrator of Marriage of a Thousand Lies. An incredibly compelling tale." - New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay " A remarkable novel rich with interlocking issues both timeless and timely. Praise for Marriage of a Thousand Lies "A gorgeous, heartbreaking novel. Traveling from India to the underground rock scene of New York City, Blue-Skinned Gods explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and spans continents and faiths, in an expansive and heartfelt look at the need for belief in our globally interconnected world. Over the next decade, his family unravels, and every relationship he relied on-father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin-starts falling apart. While he seems to pass them, Kalki begins to question his divinity.
In Kalki's tenth year, he is confronted with three trials that will test his power and prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be the tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality.
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