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Amitav Ghosh’s extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism.... read more
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The boy had no sooner arrived, people said afterwards, than Balaram had run into the house to look for the Claws.
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- Amitav Ghosh (Author)
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