![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB7ULzJxQcAIMRy5eQfHZQqDBreC-JRtNc5sy1AM5Jenm4xqaMwrFygFpLAJsr4QxZS8chz0TNr0Mdpe-jh-YlK9aO4zym5DX468ErajOoUlPyBPWpoIdQZcp5uf4ms6K0OF8lQbPUw/s320/ghosh.gif)
Sea of PoppiesRead about the other books on the list.
by Amitav Ghosh
My partner recommended this story of a 19th-century voyage across the Indian Ocean with storm-tossed people working out their destinies against a background of colonial struggle.
Bursting with vivid characters, adventure and a fire-cracking use of words it’s part one of a trilogy.
Sea of Poppies appears on Janice Y. K. Lee's list of five best novels set in the British-colonial East.
--Marshal Zeringue