:''American novelist Philip Caputo has also written a novel named "Acts of Faith"'' ''Acts of Faith'' is the 1985 novel written by Rajiva Wijesinha. The book is the first in a trilogy that was followed by ''Days of Despair'' in 1987 and concludes with 2005's ''The Limits of Love''.

Plot summary

By Using the 1983 race riots in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

as a background, ''Acts of Faith'' explores social and political issues which characterize Sri Lanka and other Asian nations. The book provides a

satirical Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or e ...

critique of observed state-incited violence, manipulation of the media,

caste Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultura ...

and

class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...

rivalries. At the same time, underneath the racy humour there is a close attention to personal motivations, particularly in terms of the family structures that dominate such societies.

References

1985 novels Sri Lankan English-language novels Novels set in Sri Lanka Fiction set in 1983 {{1980s-novel-stub