The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel (R/J): A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery

Name : The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel (R/J): A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery

Author : Amitav Ghosh

Book Format : Paperback

Edition : Frist Edition

Genre : Linguistics & Writing

ISBN : ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0143066552

Language : English

Pages : 201-300 Pages

Publish Year : 2009

Publisher : Penguin Random House India

Reading age : Teens

Sub Genre : Contemporary Fiction Novels Books

A fascinating and seductive writer!' -The Times

In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the future and ranging back to the late nineteenth century, the reader follows the adventures of the enigmatic L. Murugan. An authority on the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Ronald Ross, who solved the malaria puzzle in Calcutta in 1898, Murugan is in search of the elusive 'Calcutta Chromosome'. With its astonishing range of characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and wonderful portraits of Victorian and contemporary India, The Calcutta Chromosome expands the scope of the novel as we know it, as Amitav Ghosh takes on the avatar of a science thriller writer.

Country of Origin : India