{"product_id":"river-of-smoke","title":"River of Smoke","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRiver of Smoke\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAmitav Ghosh\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374174231\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e528\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Fiction Book for 2011 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eIbis\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe storm also threatens the clipper ship \u003ci\u003eAnahita\u003c\/i\u003e, groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. And the \u003ci\u003eRedruth\u003c\/i\u003e, a nursery ship, carries Frederick \"Fitcher\" Penrose, a horticulturist determined to track down the priceless treasures of China that are hidden in plain sight: its plants that have the power to heal, or beautify, or intoxicate. All will converge in Canton's Fanqui-town, or Foreign Enclave: a tumultuous world unto itself where civilizations clash and sometimes fuse. It is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpectacular coincidences, startling reversals of fortune, and tender love stories abound. But this is much more than an irresistible page-turner. The blind quest for money, the primacy of the drug trade, the concealment of base impulses behind the rhetoric of freedom: in \u003ci\u003eRiver of Smoke \u003c\/i\u003ethe nineteenth and twenty-first centuries converge, and the result is a consuming historical novel with powerful contemporary resonance. Critics praised \u003ci\u003eSea of Poppies \u003c\/i\u003efor its vibrant storytelling, antic humor, and rich narrative scope; now Amitav Ghosh continues the epic that has charmed and compelled readers all over the globe.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"River of Smoke | Amitav Ghosh | Hardcover | 9780374174231 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1633188 (temp: 9)","offer_id":48753928372376,"sku":"1633188","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_m2aS7LQL.jpg?v=1774068959","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/river-of-smoke","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}