Ghosh gives the reader a veritable feast
of characters: Deeti, the strong - willed wife
of Ghazipur opium addict, Hukam Singh; Hukam's uncle ruthless Bhyro, a recruiter
of migrant labourers;
carpenter Zachary Reid, the son
of a Baltimore Negro freedwoman and her white master; Burnham, merchant and closet masochist; Jodu, a boatman; Raja Neel Rattan Halder, a debt - ridden zemindar; Serang Ali, leader
of the lascar seamen; James Doughty, a pilot for ships entering Culcutta; Kalua, a low - caste ox - cart driver; Paulette Lambert, the feisty orphaned
daughter of a French botanist; Baboo Nob Kissin Pander, Burnham's accountant who is a virgin celibate with strong religious beliefs; Captain Chillingworth, engaged for his last sea - voyage; first - mate Jack Crowle, a man with an inferiority complex and a sizeable cruel streak; and Chinese - Indian opium addict, Ah Fatt.
We were an unlikely pair, this
carpenter and I. I'm a first - generation American, the
daughter of a Russian - Jewish father and an English mother.
Coventry, England About Blog Hi, I'm Vikkie and I'm a
carpenter's
daughter, taking the advice
of my father to tackle almost every thinkable DIY project in our very first home.
Isn't it great to find a
carpenter... or any service worker than you can depend on and like?!! My
daughter's boyfriend helped out with a multitude
of tasks around our 1920's bungalow, but he has since moved away and taken my
daughter.