''Marriage of a Thousand Lies'' is a novel by Sri Lankan-American author

SJ Sindu SJ Sindu (born November 27, 1987) is a genderqueer Sri Lankan Americans, Sri Lankan American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Marriage of a Thousand Lies'', was released by Soho Press in June 2017, won the Edmund White Award, P ...

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in 2017. It tells the story of Lucky and Kris, two gay South Asian-Americans whose parents immigrated from Sri Lanka, who marry to stay in the closet. The novel won the 2018 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction finalist and

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Reception

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References

Sri Lankan novels Novels with lesbian themes 2017 American novels 2017 LGBT-related literary works 2010s LGBT novels LGBT in Sri Lanka 2017 debut novels Soho Press books {{2010s-LGBT-novel-stub