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River of Smoke

By Amitav Ghosh

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River of Smoke

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of Year A NPR Best Book of the Year In Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, the Ibis began its treacherous journey across the Indian Ocean, bound for the cane fields of Mauritius with a cargo of indentured servants. Now, in River of Smoke, the former slave ship flounders in the Bay of Bengal, caught in the midst of a deadly cyclone. The storm also threatens the clipper ship Anahita, groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. Meanwhile, the Redruth, a nursery ship, carries horticulturists determined to track down the priceless botanical treasures of China. All will converge in Canton's Fanqui-town, or Foreign Enclave, a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars. A spectacular adventure, but also a bold indictment of global avarice, River of Smoke is a consuming historical novel with powerful contemporary resonance.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
2012-10-02
Publication Date:
2012-10-02
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250013755
ISBN13:
9781250013750
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
538 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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