Sea of poppies /
Amitav Ghosh.
- London : John Murray, 2009.
- 533 p. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 2008.
The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocean, its crew made up of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, representing Westerners and Indians respectively. Slowly they start considering themselves as ship-brothers.