Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh visits Google's Seattle, WA office to discuss his book "Sea of Poppies." Turning his eye to the nineteenth-century opium trade, the acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh has crafted a novel that is by turns witty and provocative, while delivering a magnificent historical adventure.
At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean; its purpose, to fight China's vicious nineteenth-century Opium Wars. As for the crew, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts.
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