{"product_id":"9780007141784-hungry-tide-pb","title":"The Hungry Tide","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.\u003cbr\u003eA profound and absorbing saga from the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInternationally Bestselling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan Booker Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e shortlisted author          \u003cp\u003e'Amitav Ghosh is such a \u003cstrong\u003efascinating\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eseductive\u003c\/strong\u003e writer… I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this \u003cstrong\u003ethrilling\u003c\/strong\u003e to go so far, so fast' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eJanuary 2001: A small ship, led by wealthy Scotsman Daniel Hamilton, arrives in the Sundarbans, a vast archipelago of islands in the mythical river Ganges, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland, and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from Hamilton’s point of view, it is only a little less barren than a desert.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe eccentric Scotsman and the scientists on board the ship disembark to study this little-known environment, and to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society. Their goal? To create a utopian society, of all races and religions, and conquer the might of the Sundarbans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30886090408033,"sku":"9780007141784","price":8.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27692370.jpg?v=1721981313","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007141784-hungry-tide-pb","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}