The Circle of Reason (novel)

The Circle of Reason is the first novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. It was published in 1986.^[1] It follows an Indian protagonist who, suspected of being a terrorist, leaves India for northern Africa and the Middle East. Blending elements of fable and picaresque fiction, it is distinctly postcolonial in its marginalization of Europe and postmodern in its nonlinear structure and thick intertextuality.^{[citation needed]}

The Circle of Reason

First UK edition
Author	Amitav Ghosh
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton (UK) Viking Press (US)
Publication date	1986
Publication place	India
Media type	Print (hardback)
ISBN	978-0618329625

Awards

The Circle of Reason won the Prix Medicis Étrangère, a French literary award, in 1990.^[2]