Amitav Ghosh : The Calcutta Chromosome - signed & dated UK 1st HB edn

UK 1st/1st hardback - these scarce 1st edition copies have been signed and dated by the author to the title page.
Synopsis : In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the future and ranging back to the late nineteenth century, the reader follows the adventures of the enigmatic L. Murugan. An authority on the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Ronald Ross, who solved the malaria puzzle in Calcutta in 1898, Murugan is in search of the elusive 'Calcutta Chromosome'. With its astonishing range of characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and wonderful portraits of Victorian and contemporary India, The Calcutta Chromosome expands the scope of the novel as we know it, as Amitav Ghosh takes on the avatar of a science thriller writer.
Published : 1996
Publisher : Picador
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - very good
Dust Jacket Condition: Used - very good
Signed: Signed and dated by Author
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
ISBN : 9780330347587
Synopsis : In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the future and ranging back to the late nineteenth century, the reader follows the adventures of the enigmatic L. Murugan. An authority on the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Ronald Ross, who solved the malaria puzzle in Calcutta in 1898, Murugan is in search of the elusive 'Calcutta Chromosome'. With its astonishing range of characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and wonderful portraits of Victorian and contemporary India, The Calcutta Chromosome expands the scope of the novel as we know it, as Amitav Ghosh takes on the avatar of a science thriller writer.
Published : 1996
Publisher : Picador
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - very good
Dust Jacket Condition: Used - very good
Signed: Signed and dated by Author
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
ISBN : 9780330347587