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Gun Island is a beautifully realised novel which effortlessly spans space and time. It is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and unstoppable transition. But it is also a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the world and the future is restored by two remarkable women. 

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.

Nel settembre del 1838 una tempesta si abbatte sull'Oceano Indiano e la Ibis, la goletta partita da Calcutta con un carico di galeotti diretta a Mauritius, viene coinvolta nel vortice. Quando il mare si calma, cinque uomini mancano all'appello: due lascari e tre coolie sono riusciti a fuggire su una scialuppa. Seconda tappa di una grandiosa epopea storica, Il fiume dell'oppio segue i suoi personaggi fino ai porti affollati della Cina.

Before the 18th century, every single nutmeg in the world originated around a group of small volcanic islands east of Java, known as the Banda Islands. As the nutmeg made its way across the known world, they became immensely valuable—in 16th-century Europe, just a handful could buy a house. It was not long before European traders became conquerors, and the indigenous Bandanese communities—and the islands themselves—would pay a high price for access to this precious commodity.

Una vecchia nave negriera trasformata in mercantile, l'Ibis, raggiunge nel 1838 la foce del Gange per dedicarsi a uno dei traffici illeciti più redditizi dell'Impero britannico, il commercio di «delinquenti e stupefacenti», cioè di coolie e oppio. A mano a mano che le difficoltà imposte alla traversata dall'impetuoso Oceano Indiano mettono a dura prova i vecchi legami, tutti sulla Ibis, ciurma e passeggeri, iniziano a sentirsi «fratelli di navigazione», uniti da una singolare empatia che azzera le distanze geografiche, le caste e le generazioni.