01946cam a2200301 i 4500 394481172 TxAuBib 20191011120000.0 190626s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019944656 9780374167394 0374167397 TxAuBib rda Ghosh, Amitav. Gun island : a novel / Amitav Ghosh. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. 313 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2019. "It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure that has long haunted Deen's imagination--Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depts of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins an unforgettable journey both inward and outward, and moving across continents. As Deen's journey progresses, he confronts a changing world and encounters a cast of characters who will unsettle everything he thought he kenw about himself. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali American who helps launch his journey; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who shows Deen the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, desperate to help those in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story that binds them all."--Dust jacket front flap. 20191011. Emigration and immigration Fiction. Climatic changes Fiction. Hindu mythology Fiction.