Ondaatje/Anil’s Ghost

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A 3 page book review of Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, which is a novel that explores the reality or “truth” of terrorism on multiple levels. While various characters take center-stage in the narrative, it can be argued that the central figure of the novel is the ghost of one of the many victims of politically inspired terrorism, Ruwan Kumara, a man thought to be a rebel sympathizer, who was abducted from his village and murdered. The writer explores this and other themes. No additional sources cited.