Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh was born in India and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern India. He was educated in Delhi, Oxford and Egypt and has taught in a number of Indian and American universities. He is the author of a travel book and three novels. His work has appeared in publications worldwide, including the New Yorker, the Observer and the New York Times. He is married with two children and lives in New York.

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In An Antique Land Amitav Ghosh January 2012 Travel Book of the Month. From the best-selling author of The Glass Palace and Sea of Poppies, an extraordinary work of non-fiction that combines ancient history with a modern-day travelogue. Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 The first in a trilogy set in the Indian sub-continent of the 1830's. An array of characters set sail on the Ibris and as their stories unfold and intertwine we gain a fascinating insight... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2008 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

Hungry Tide Amitav Ghosh Set amongst the islands and mangrove forests of the Bay of Bengal, an extraordinarily hostile place where the tides reach more than a hundred miles inland, people have eked out a living probably unchanged since time began. Now the possibility... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

River of Smoke Amitav Ghosh In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)