Marriage of a Thousand Lies


Marriage of a Thousand Lies is a novel by Sri Lankan-American author SJ Sindu, published by Soho Press 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 Stonewall Honor Book.

Reception

Marriage of a Thousand Lies received positive reviews from Booklist, Lambda Literary Foundation, Publishers Weekly, Toronto Star, Ms., Paste, Los Angeles Review of Books, International Examiner, and Autostraddle.
YearAwardResultRef.
2017Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner
2018Barbara Gittings Literature AwardHonor
2018DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureLonglist
2018Goldie Award for Debut NovelWinner
2018Independent Publisher Book Award for LGBT+ FictionSilver
2018Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian FictionFinalist
2018Over the Rainbow Book ListTop 10
2018VCU First Novel AwardFinalist