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Author:

Ghosh, Amitav.

Title:

River of smoke / Amitav Ghosh.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

522 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Schooners--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Sailors--Fiction.
Cyclones--Fiction.
Social classes--India--Fiction.
Opium trade--History--Fiction.
India--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2011 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain"--T.p. verso. Sequel to: Sea of poppies.

Summary:

Amid a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, three vessels, and the diverse occupants within, converge on Canton's Fanqui-Town, or Foreign Enclave, which is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars.

ISBN:

0374174237 (hbk.) :
9780374174231 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706020980

LCCN:

2011024409

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