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03653aam a22006738i 4500 001 BB9CFD981BC811E5957CD299DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150320s2015 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015010118 020 $a 0374174245 : HRD 020 $a 9780374174248 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PR9499.3.G536 $b F58 2015 100 1 $a Ghosh, Amitav, $d 1956- 245 10 $a Flood of fire : $b a novel / $c Amitav Ghosh. 250 $a First American edition. 260 $a $b Farrar Straus & Giroux $c 2015 263 $a 1508 300 $a 528 p. ; 490 0 $a Ibis trilogy ; $v 3 500 $a Previous titles in trilogy: Sea of poppies - River of smoke. 510 $a AYAT 510 $a KRK5 510 $a LA5F 510 $a LI5F 510 $a LI5G 510 $a PRLJ 510 $a U5F1 510 $a XPPL 510 $a ZA5F 510 $a ZB5F 520 $a "The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to HongKong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history. With all the verve of the first two novels in the trilogy, Flood of Fire completes Ghosh's unprecedented reenvisioning of the nineteenth-century war on drugs. With remarkable historic vision and a vibrant cast of characters, Ghosh brings the Opium Wars to bear on the contemporary moment with the storytelling that has charmed readers around the world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Soldiers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Voyages and travels $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Opium trade $x History $v Fiction. 651 0 $a India $x HIstory $y 19th century $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 650 0 $a Adult : Fiction on order 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/248/9780374174248/image/lgcover.9780374174248.jpg 941 $a 16 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041338.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430020058.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013838.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518020302.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211110010018.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023556.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204081057.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110063012.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006090303.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720044323.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180111031232.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418111004.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331012001.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20160311010240.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20151002010739.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20150903011038.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB9CFD981BC811E5957CD299DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search