02230cam a2200349 i 4500 21042784 OSt 20231004162905.0 190626s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 2019944656 9780374167394 (hardback) DLC eng DLC rda pcc PR9499.3.G536 G86 2019 823.914 GHO/G Ghosh, Amitav, 1956- author. 5412 Gun island : a novel / Amitav Ghosh. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. 313 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Originally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2019. "It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure that has long haunted Deen's imagination--Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depts of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins an unforgettable journey both inward and outward, and moving across continents. As Deen's journey progresses, he confronts a changing world and encounters a cast of characters who will unsettle everything he thought he kenw about himself. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali American who helps launch his journey; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who shows Deen the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, desperate to help those in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story that binds them all."--Dust jacket front flap. Emigration and immigration Fiction. Climatic changes Fiction. Hindu mythology Fiction. 7 cbc orignew 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 823.914 GHO/G 823.914 GHO/G 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC MES MES ENG 2023-10-04 5 2 823.914 GHO/G 42762 2026-03-16 16:20:51 2026-03-04 699.00 2023-10-04 BK GR23R1 42530 42530