Everything you need to understand or teach Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh.
The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Ghosh, Amitav. Gun Island. Penguin Random House, 2019.
Ghosh’s novel is divided into two parts, depicting the life of a rare books dealer living in Brooklyn, New York, prior to and following his journey of self-discovery at the hands of the ancient legend of the Gun Merchant. Deen, the novel’s first-person narrator, begins his journey in his home...