{"product_id":"smoke-and-ashes","title":"Smoke And Ashes","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529349269\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars . . . But it's Ghosh's big-picture thinking that has made his nonfiction so influential . . . A huge achievement' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the nineteenth century the British reaped huge profits by exporting vast quantities of opium from India, waged wars to defend its access to markets, and created a devastating addiction crisis in China. A sweeping story of greed and power, \u003ci\u003eSmoke and Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how opium created the wealth of modern cities like Mumbai, Singapore and Shanghai, as well as many of America's most powerful families and institutions, and is a part of Ghosh's personal history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ghosh triumphs in laying out the shame of the British Empire's opium trade for all to see' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This gave me a deeper chill than any TV series about the opioid crisis. . . The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superlative . . . synthesise[s] a wealth of research with remarkable intellectual clarity'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Expansive and thoughtful' Peter Frankopan, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41610564173957,"sku":"PR384837","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TIW1MH1NMXDJ.jpg?v=1777574460","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/smoke-and-ashes","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}