Amitav Ghosh?

[Becky Lindroos]

> On Dec 29, 2015, at 6:33 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> want to read one novel. any suggestions?

Amitov Ghosh has written several goodies of historical fiction,  but The Ibis Trilogy, is far and away the best.  I’d say go ahead and read book 1, Sea of Poppies, and see what you think.  It’s  "about” the set-up for the 1st Opium War in the Calcutta- River Ganges and there’s a chunk which takes place on an island in the Indian Ocean.  This one was short-listed for the Booker Prize.  Book 2, River of Smoke - keeps the story going into the Opium War,  is almost as good - but I kind of fell down on book 3,  Flood of Fire, which develops the war itself,  because a several years had passed between readings and the story continues.  But all three have won their own awards and lots and lots of excellent reviews. 

Bek-
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