River of Smoke (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250013750)

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.

Author: Amitav Ghosh
ISBN-10: 1250013755
ISBN-13: 9781250013750
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2012
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/28/2012 pg. 24
Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 46