"A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted." –The Rocky Mountain News
"A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life." –
The Washington Post "Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown." –
USA Today "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination." –
The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight." –
Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott." –
Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . .
Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing." –
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "
Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft." –
Chicago Sun-Times