Poppies

His most recent novel, Sea of Poppies, is the first volume of the Ibis Trilogy.

Amitav Ghosh biography 2010

Because Sea of Poppies is the first in a planned trilogy, neither we nor the characters arrive at Mauritius but, rather, are left amidst a storm on “the Black Water” (the Indian Ocean) when the book closes.

Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

Because Sea of Poppies is the first in a planned trilogy [4], neither we nor the characters arrive at Mauritius but, rather, are left amidst a storm on “the Black Water” (the Indian Ocean) when the book closes.

A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh » Print 2009

Daryl Whetter on Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh: In paraphrase, Ghosh's plot may seem designed to dramatize the opium trade, but Sea of Poppies is in fact intricately woven and resolutely entertaining, with escalating action and the self-motivated interaction of crisply demarcated characters ....

Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers 2008

Reading the dynamic, energetic Sea of Poppies is like playing three-dimensional chess.

Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers 2008

Sea of Poppies is a sprawling adventure with a cast of hundreds and numerous intricate stories encompassing poverty and riches, despair and hope, and the long-fingered reach of the opium trade ...

Sea of Poppies: Summary and book reviews of Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. 2008

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

Dartmoor Book Fair 2007

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

Dartmoor Book Fair 2007

Syrup of Poppies is "nothing more than a decoction of poppy-heads"

54 entries from April 2007 2007

His new novel, Sea of Poppies, which is the first in a projected trilogy and has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is set in India in 1838, in the days leading up to the Opium Wars.

Adventures in the Opium Trade Schine, Cathleen 2009