The circle of reason
By: by Amitav Ghosh.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
Subjects: East Indians -- Arab countries -- Fiction.; Terrorism -- Prevention -- Fiction.; Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.; False testimony -- Fiction.; Weavers -- Fiction.; Arab countries -- Fiction.; Bengal (India) -- Fiction.; Africa, North -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In a vivid and magical story, this novel traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.