The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and DiscoveryFrom 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 I.D. 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. |
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The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium, and Discovery Amitav Ghosh Limited preview - 2011 |
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Companion to Medicine in the Twentieth Century Roger Cooter,John V. Pickstone No preview available - 2003 |
Landscapes of Urban Memeory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-tech City Smriti Srinivas No preview available - 2004 |