The Calcutta Chromosome

A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery

By Amitav Ghosh

From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.

ISBN: 9780380813940
Imprint: HarpPeren
On Sale: Jan 23, 2001
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 320
Trim Size: 5.200 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.050 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological
BISAC 2: FICTION / Multiple Timelines
BISAC 3: FICTION / Thrillers / Medical
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Amitav Ghosh

Biography

Writer and anthropologist Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956 and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Egypt, and has taught in various Indian and American universities. He is the author of three books: The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines and In An Antique Land and has written for The New Yorker, Granta, The New Republic and The New York Times. Mr. Ghosh and his wife, Deborah Baker, live in New York with their two children.

From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.

ISBN: 9780380813940
Imprint: HarpPeren
On Sale: Jan 23, 2001
List price: $21.99
No of pages: 320
Trim Size: 5.200 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.050 in (d)
BISAC 1: FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological
BISAC 2: FICTION / Multiple Timelines
BISAC 3: FICTION / Thrillers / Medical
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Amitav Ghosh

Biography

Writer and anthropologist Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956 and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Egypt, and has taught in various Indian and American universities. He is the author of three books: The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines and In An Antique Land and has written for The New Yorker, Granta, The New Republic and The New York Times. Mr. Ghosh and his wife, Deborah Baker, live in New York with their two children.