James Grande

Chinese whispers

River of Smoke begins with the storm that struck the convict ship the Ibis at the end of Amitav Ghosh’s 2008 Man Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies.

  • River of Smoke

    Amitav Ghosh

    John Murray, pp. 522

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