River Of Smoke Vol 2 of the Ibis Trilogy
By Amitav Ghosh.
Description
River of smoke is set in 1838 and tells the story of three ships that are stuck off the canton coast due to a heavy storm. Bahram modi, a bombay-based parsi opium trader owns the anahita, while flitcher penrose owns the redruth and the ibis. The ibis is carrying convicts, neel rattan, a zamindar and ah fatt, a canton-based criminal. This novel delves into the different levels and faces of these major characters. Bahram modi is a lowly son-in-law who gets his rich father-in-law to give him the seed capital that he needs to step into the opium trade.bahram executes several successful expediti...
ISBN(s)
0143419137, 9780143419136
