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About the BookShortlisted for the Man BookerPrize 2008'Riveting ... [Ghosh] has gonefrom the highly readable to theunputdownable'-KhushwantSingh, Hindustan TimesA motley array of sailors andstowaways, coolies and convictsis sailing down the Hooghlyaboard the Ibis on its way toMauritius. As they journey acrossthe Indian Ocean old family tiesare washed away, and they beginto view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship brothers who willbuild new lives for themselves inthe remote islands where theyare being taken. A stunninglyvibrant and intensely humanwork, Sea of Poppies, the firstbook in the Ibis trilogy confirmsAmitav Ghosh's reputation as amaster storyteller.About the AuthorAmitav Ghosh is the authorof ten highly acclaimed worksof fiction and non-fictionwhich include the Booker Prizeshortlisted Sea of Poppies (bookone of the Ibis Trilogy), Riverof Smoke, The Glass Palaceand The Shadow Lines. He haswon numerous prizes, some ofwhich are the Sahitya AkademiAward, the Pushcart Prize andthe Grinzane Cavour Prize. Hedivides his time between NewYork and India.