Ghosh, Amitav
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Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories
Recommended for listeners seeking to learn more about opium, including its earliest history, its impact on the lands and communities that handled it, and its reverberations into the present day. Fans of Stephen R. Platt’s Imperial Twilight will want to check this out.
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Gun Island
Reality and illusion collide in this mythic, fluidly written work, which will appeal to readers who will appreciate being carried along by Ghosh’s imaginative prose and occasionally disconnected story lines.[See Prepub Alert, 3/4/19.]
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Flood of Fire
Filled with politics and personal struggles, sex and sea battles, this suspenseful tale with well-researched detail and compelling characters will be of particular interest to fans of historical novels with a military focus. [See Prepub Alert, 3/2/15.]
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River of Smoke
Despite the lackluster plot, Ghosh's Canton really does come alive; the book's 500-plus pages go fast.—Molly McArdle, Library Journal
