Title: Serpent in paradise
Description: The moment Eva agreed to return to the island to report on its civil war, she knew she would have to meet ghosts from her past. But just as Eva seems set to finally understand her neglected childhood, Carl, an American journalist who has lost his way, enters her life. This is a story of sexual obsession at a time of mounting violence and chaos.
Subjects: Foreign correspondents, Fiction, History
Places: Sri Lanka
Time periods: Civil War, 1983-2009