Format:
Book
Author(s):
Ghosh, Amitav
Keyword(s):
East Indians -- Arab countries -- Fiction.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Fiction.
Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
False testimony -- Fiction.
Weavers -- Fiction.
Arab countries -- Fiction.
Bengal (India) -- Fiction.
Africa, North -- Fiction.
Africa, North
Fiction
Arab countries
Fiction
Bengal (India)
Fiction
East Indians
Fiction
Arab countries
False testimony
Fiction
Fugitives from justice
Year:
1986
Pages:
423 p.
Publisher:
Viking
Publisher location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Accession number:
14001688
Label:
Box 96
Notes:
24 cm.
by Amitav Ghosh.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: PR9499.3.G5346; Dewey: 823
ISBN:
ISBN: 0670809845; 9780670809844 LCCN: 85-40785
Work type:
Fiction (fic)
Edition:
1st American
Research notes:
Review copy - uncorrected proof
Abstract:
In a vivid and magical story, this novel traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.