CLEAN : 'This exceeded all expectations': Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka after winning Booker Prize

The transcript covers the author's experiences with language, publishing challenges, and self-censorship in writing. It highlights the difficulties faced in making a book accessible to a Western audience and the impact of political climates on writing in South Asia. The author reflects on the importance of inhabiting other minds in writing and the balance between creativity and self-censorship, especially in politically sensitive regions like Sri Lanka.

Describe the author's perspective on the importance of being able to inhabit other minds as a novelist.

What does the author hope for the future of their country in relation to writing?