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020			_a9781529349252
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a338.473 0951 GHO
100			_aGhosh, Amitav _eauthor.
245			_aSmoke and Ashes: _bOpium's Hidden Histories/ _cAmitav Ghosh
300			_a397 pages ; _c23 cm.
520			_a"When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once
650			_aOpium trade — History
650			_aChina — Commerce — History
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