A feminist gothic horror set in the sweltering island of Sri Lanka in the late 19th-century, during British colonialism. The writing was a tad purple prose-y at times, but the story conjured a spell, & the dark, ominous mood worked well. The clash of ancient religious & spiritual beliefs with modernising "Western" religions made for a tense read. I was fascinated in seeing how Sinhala folk beliefs share similarities with South(East) Asian ones.