Shobasakthi lives in France. He is a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee and a former LTTE child-soldier. He has published two novels, a collection of short stories, three plays and many essays. His first novel, translated in English as Gorilla, was published to immense acclaim. For the last twenty years, he has worked as a dishwasher, cook, supermarket shelver, room boy, construction worker and street sweeper, among other things. He blogs at www.satiyakadatasi.com.
Anushiya Ramaswamy is a professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She completed her MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and PhD from University of Nevada, Reno. She specializes in the translation of Dalit writing and has translated the poetry of the Tamil Dalit poet, N.D. Rajkumar. She has also translated Shobasakthi's novels, Gorilla and Traitor.
A gripping collection of stories about thedarkest years in Sri Lankan historyWritten with acuity and flair, the stories inThe MGR Murder Trial conjure powerful anddisturbing vignettes of the violence, fear andtrauma unleashed during the years of Sri Lanka'scivil war.
