Title: The Returning Breath
Description: Basu's panoramic first novel follows the vagaries of Hiran's life, and the flow of the opium trade, from Calcutta to Canton. Disguised as a missionary, he survives cholera, piracy and war in China, arriving back in India to find his homeland on the verge of another rebellion.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, general, Opium trade, History, Fiction, Clerks