River of Smoke

by Amitav Ghosh

Book Overview

A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011

The Ibis, loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck-hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua.

The storm...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374174237
• ISBN13: 9780374174231
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"