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River of Smoke (Paperback)
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River of Smoke (Paperback)
Series: Ibis Trilogy, 2
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List price R654
Loot Price R552
Discovery Miles 5 520
You Save R102 (16%)
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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.
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