Mosquito Author:Roma Tearne Finalist for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Costa First Novel Award and the Kiriyama Prize — On the lush coast of Sri Lanka, a talented and beautiful young woman, Nulani, returns day after day to the veranda of a beach house to paint. Her subject is Theo, a British writer struggling to finish his faltering novel. Just as love bl... more »ossoms between them, the country is shaken by civil war. In order to survive the brutality that threatens their lives, Nulani and Theo harness the strength of their memories and the art that brought them together. Evoking the resilience of love in the midst of terrible violence, Roma Tearne has created a deeply powerful novel that captures the panoramic splendour of Sri Lanka and the heart-wrenching repercussions of war.« less