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Novel · 1996 · 309 pages

The Calcutta Chromosome

by Amitav Ghosh

The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh won the 1997 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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A computer operator in New York stumbles on information regarding an experiment in 1895 Calcutta to change people. In the experiment, mosquitos were used to transfer chromosomes from one person to another.

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