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...protagonist, Anil Tissera, is a forensic anthropologist, returning to the war-torn country of her birth to work on behalf of a human rights center to find out who is behind the mysterious killings on the island. Her partner in the project is Sarath Diyasena, a local official whose loyalties are suspect...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ondaatje's Ghost Story | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

...returns to the Sri Lanka she left at age 18 as one member of a U.N. team allowed into the country by the government to investigate alleged human rights violations, i.e., death-squad murders. Her assigned partner in this seven-week enterprise is a Sri Lankan archaeologist named Sarath Diyasena, 49, who is, by virtue of his position, a government employee. Anil immediately wonders whether her co-worker will be helping her or reporting on her to his employees. "Can I trust you?" she asks him. His reply: "You have to trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nailed Palms and The Eyes of Gods | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

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