The Autobiographical Parallels to Krisham's Character

There are several autobiographical parallels I imagine with Krisham there's his bilingualism the fact that he is an academic or entered upon a kind of academic trajectory. He also grew up in Colombo so on the island during the war but far removed from the scenes of violence and I think as a result of that he like me also experiences a lot of guilt around being one of the privileged members of his community who did not be subject to extraordinary amounts of violence. Well thank you very much Anuk and thank you for your question Naurash. And we're going now to a question that was rung into World Book Club from Sheenor in France by Jo Armstrong  and this is what