num_pages: 320
description: From Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered ID card of a long-lost acquaintance, he is suddenly drawn into a spellbinding adventure across centuries and around the globe, into the strange life of L. Murugan, a man obsessed with the medical history of malaria, and into a magnificently complex world where conspiracy hangs in the air like mosquitoes on a summer night.
language: English
title: The Calcutta Chromosome
titlecomplete: The Calcutta Chromosome
genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Indian Literature, India, Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 6519
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award
publisher: Harper Perennial