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<b>The "incandescent" (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>) coming-of-age-story and debut novel by the acclaimed Booker Prize finalist Romesh Gunesekera</b><br><br>Triton loved living in Mister Salgado's house. It was the biggest house he had ever seen--filled with floors to sweep and silver to polish and meals to cook and adults to impress and a brilliant master whose voice was poetry. And people from all over the world came to the house-- to sell their wares, to talk, to live, for this was where life took place. Even the sun would rise from the garage and sleep behind the <i>del</i> tree at night. And in the house, life was good.<p>But beyond Mister Salgado's house and their Sri Lankan village there was a world. And all around them, it was falling apart...</p>