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DATE OF RELEASE: 9 APR 2026

Calcutta, September 1969. Three-year-old Varsha Gupta is asking for fish for her dinner. Her family is shocked to the core; the Guptas are strict vegetarians and the child has never tasted fish in her life. But Varsha remembers another life, a mud house by a river where she caught and cooked fish with a different mother.

A psychologist, Shoma Bose, is brought in, but she too has her understanding of the world changed forever by the Varsha's revelations. Half a century later, Shoma's case file on the child has caught the attention of a group of environmental activists, and her nephew Dinu, now living in Brooklyn, is drawn inexorably into their plans. Ghost-Eye is an urgent and expansive novel about family, fate and our fragile planet.


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Publication: 9 Apr 2026, John Murray
ISBN: 9781473686694

Extent: 352 pages

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      Description

      DATE OF RELEASE: 9 APR 2026

      Calcutta, September 1969. Three-year-old Varsha Gupta is asking for fish for her dinner. Her family is shocked to the core; the Guptas are strict vegetarians and the child has never tasted fish in her life. But Varsha remembers another life, a mud house by a river where she caught and cooked fish with a different mother.

      A psychologist, Shoma Bose, is brought in, but she too has her understanding of the world changed forever by the Varsha's revelations. Half a century later, Shoma's case file on the child has caught the attention of a group of environmental activists, and her nephew Dinu, now living in Brooklyn, is drawn inexorably into their plans. Ghost-Eye is an urgent and expansive novel about family, fate and our fragile planet.


      Hardback  

      Publication: 9 Apr 2026, John Murray
      ISBN: 9781473686694

      Extent: 352 pages

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