Sea of Poppies (Paperback)  | Released: May, 2015

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 ‘Riveting … [Ghosh] has gone from the highly readable to the unputdownable’—Khushwant Singh, Hindustan TimesA motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts is sailing down the Hooghly aboard the Ibis on its way to Mauritius. As they journey across the Indian Ocean old family tiesare washed away, and they begin to view themselves as jahajbhais or ship brothers who will build new lives for themselves in the remote islands where they are being taken. A stunninglyvibrant and intensely human work, Sea of Poppies, the first book in the Ibis trilogy confirms Amitav Ghosh’s reputation as a master storyteller. About the AuthorAmitav Ghosh is the author of ten highly acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction which include the Booker Prize shortlisted Sea of Poppies (book one of the Ibis Trilogy), River of Smoke, The Glass Palace and The Shadow Lines. He has won numerous prizes, some of which are the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pushcart Prize and the Grinzane Cavour Prize. He divides his time between New York and India.