Beautiful Place

‘Amanthi Harris has written an engaging novel, incensed at times by the darker shadows that loom on an atmospheric coastal haven’ – Romesh Gunesekera

On a patch of Sri Lanka’s exquisite southern coast stands the Villa Hibiscus. It is Padma’s home. The owner of the villa, Gerhardt, is an elderly Austrian architect to whom Padma was taken when young by Sunny,...