Vicky Had One Eye Open

This fictional portrayal of generations of an Anglo-Sri Lankan family is a literary, elegaic tribute to the notion of family A wonderful first novel from Darryl Samaraweera sees Vicky's family gather around her hospital bed. In a remarkably confident literary structure, we explore the subterranean emotions and aspirations flowing through the family and its key members, and we absorb the impressionistic sense of place rooting them. Set in London and--in Vicky's own imagination--in an idealized Sri Lanka, this is a gorgeous literary experience.