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1、AmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome1AmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome2PUBLISHEDBYALFREDA.KNOPFCANADACopyright©1995byAmitavGhoshAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedinCanadabyAlfredA.KnopfCanada,Toronto,andsimultaneouslyinGreatBritainbyPicador,animprint
2、ofMacmillanpublishersLtd,London,in1996.Firstpublishedin1995byRaviDayalPublisher,NewDelhi.DistributedbyRandomHouseofCanadaLi-mited,Toronto.CanadianCataloguinginPublicationDataGhosh,AmitavTheCalcuttachromosome:anoveloffevers,deliriumanddiscoveryISBN()-3~)4-28193-41.TitlePR9499.3.G536C351996823C
3、96-930491-9FirstCanadianEditionType-sethyCentraCctLimited,Cambridgel'rinu-dhyMackuysofChatham,pic,Chatham,KentAmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome3ForKoeliAmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome4ThisdayrelentingGodHathplacedwithinmyhandAwondrousthing;andGodBepraised.AtHiscommand,SeekingHissecretdeedsW
4、ithtearsandtoilingbreath,Ifindthycunningseeds,Omillion-murderingDeath.SirRonaldRoss(NobelPrizeforMedicine,1902)AmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome5AUGUST20:MOSQUITODAYAmitavGhosh–TheCalcuttaChromosome6Chapter1IFTHESYSTEMhadn'tstalledAntarwouldneverhaveguessedthatthescrapofpaperonhisscreenwasthe
5、remnantofanIDcard.Itlookedasthoughithadbeenrescuedfromafire:itsplasticlaminatehadwarpedandmeltedalongtheedges.Theletteringwasmostlyillegibleandthephotographhadvanishedunderasmudgeofsoot.Butafour-inchmetalchainhadsomehowstayedattached:ithungdowninarustyloopfromaperforationinthetopleft-handcorn
6、er,likeadroopingtail.Itwasthechainthattrippedthesystem,notthecard.Thecardturnedupinoneofthoseroutineinventoriesthatwentflashingaroundtheglobewithmetronomicregularity,fornoreasonthatAntarcouldunderstand,exceptthatitwaswhatthesystemdidbest.Onceitgotstarteditwouldkeepthemcoming,hourafterhour,ane
7、nd-lesssuccessionofdocumentsandobjects,stoppingonlywhenitstum-bledonsomethingitcouldn'tfile:themosttrivialthingsusually.Onceitwasaglasspaperweight,ofthekindthatrainsnowflakesifyouturnthemupsidedown;anothertimeitwasabottleofcorrectingfluid,fro
