![]() People refuse to speak of him, and all records of him have been erased.Ĭricket is the lens through which Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Legend of Pradeep Mathew shows a very telling portrait of the country. ![]() They have both seen Mathew play, which is the only evidence they have that he ever existed. Struggling to make sense of his life and accomplish something meaningful and lasting, Wije and his neighbor Ari leave behind their families and depart on a journey to locate Mathew. Mathew is able to accomplish impossible and yet for some reason, in spite of his exceptional abilities, he disappears, not only from the cricket field but from the world in general, after playing very few matches, including a test match that takes place in an empty stadium. But he can only write when he’s intoxicated, and his lifelong fascinations for cricket and alcohol propel his obsessive search for Pradeep Mathew, a cricketer who had a brief but spectacular career during the late 80s and early 90s. ![]() He is also on a fast track to an early death. ![]() ![]() WG (Wije) Karunasena is a Sri Lankan sportswriter who has been forced into retirement because he is a drunk. ![]()
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