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River of Smoke. Amitav Ghosh (Ibis Trilogy 2)
Amitav Ghosh
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Description for River of Smoke. Amitav Ghosh (Ibis Trilogy 2)
Paperback. The sequel to the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted, Sea of Poppies. Series: Ibis Trilogy. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 396.
'As hypnotic as an opium dream and pretty unputdownable' Daily Mail
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what fate befell those aboard the Redruth, a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Ibis Trilogy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719568893
SKU
V9780719568893
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99-99
About Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh is the author of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, comprised of Sea of Poppies (short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and The Glass Palace. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: ... Read more
Reviews for River of Smoke. Amitav Ghosh (Ibis Trilogy 2)
'Ghosh's novel is a tense, compelling account... The accumulation of minutiae puts the reader so firmly in the time and place that the whole thing becomes as hypnotic as an opium dream and pretty unputdownable'
Daily Mail
'For those who like to see history bought alive through the deployment of wave upon wave of plausible detail, River of ... Read more
Daily Mail
'For those who like to see history bought alive through the deployment of wave upon wave of plausible detail, River of ... Read more