About the Book: Sea of Poppies
The bestselling book 1 of the Ibis trilogy now with a beautiful new jacket
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008
A motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts is sailing down
the Hooghly aboard the Ibis on its way to Mauritius. As they journey across the
Indian Ocean old family ties are washed away, and they begin to view themselves
as jahajbhais or ship brothers who will build new lives for themselves in the
remote islands where they are being taken. A stunningly vibrant and intensely
human work, Sea of Poppies, the first book in the Ibis trilogy