The Road from Elephant Pass

Nominated by the Embassy of Sri Lanka

Brand new 12 th edition direct from publisher in Sri Lanka. now a major motion picture. The exciting story of an Army captain who has to escort a Liberation Tigers of Tamil eelam (LTTE) female terrorist across hostile territory dangerous to both . The book won the Prestigious Gratiaen prize awarded by Michael Ondaatje for the best English published in Sri Lanka and also the State Literary Award for the best novel. Author Nihal de Silva was tragically killed in a LTTE landmine explosion in the area which he described in the book.