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The Nutmeg's Curse

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First published: 2021
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“The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis” is a non-fiction book by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. The book portrays the history of Imperialism and its environmental impact, with a particular focus on the Banda Islands and the spice nutmeg.

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Amitav Ghosh

Sea of Poppies (2008) opens in the poppy fields of Bihar and aboard the Ibis, a former slaving ship refitted to carry indentured labourers across the Indian Ocean in the years before Britain's first war with China. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and became the first volume of Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy, closed in 2015 by Flood of Fire.