The Ant Who Walked to the Edge of the World by Shehan Karunatilaka Literature terror lurks

terror lurks

one inhabitant

her erratic

so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness

and the calamitous churn of drought

The Ant Who Walked to the Edge of the World by Shehan Karunatilaka Literature terror lurksA coconut estate near Kurunegala. Yesterday morning. An ant has gone missing. And ants never go missing. Insect sleuths Kumar Roach and Duleep Mantis are on the case. All they know is that Ant 422 wandered off to find the edge of the world. This dangerous trail will take them over the Happy Lake, past the Scorpions Cave, into the Deep Dark Woods, and beyond Will Mantis and Roach find 422? Will they encounter the Giants who live by the paddy fields?