Hungry Tide...
Amitav Ghosh– the name rang a bell in my head, the moment I saw it written in bold letters on the cover page of The Hungry Tide. Perhaps Amitabh Bachhan – Indian Cinema’s legendary actor and one of my favourites courtesy Baghban had something to do with it. Anyhow, I picked up the book, that looked a bit bulky to start with. But once I started reading it, I just could not stop.
Amitav has an amazing ability to merge characters from diverse backgrounds. This was my first book by Amitav Ghosh , which made me hooked onto him for the next six months, goading me to read all his creations, devouring each with more enthusiasm, providing food for a never ending hunger and he certainly did not disappoint with his historic Glass Palace, queer Calcutta Chromosome and engaging Shadow Lines.
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