The Calcutta Chromosome
From Victorian India to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.
- Publisher
- Picador
- ISBN-13
- 9780143066552
- Topics
- Medical mystery/conspiracyTime travel across erasColonial India history
Awards
- Arthur C. Clarke AwardWon(1997)
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1998)
Other awarded books from Amitav Ghosh
- Sea of Poppies (2008)0 wins · 4 score
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