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A Lesser Dependency

Benson, Peter more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Imprint: Alma Books Ltd
Publication Date: 12/04/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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In 1971 the inhabitants of Diego Garcia, a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, a place too small to find on a map and one of the last paradisical outposts of the Empire, were suddenly evicted from their homes to make way for a US military base.

'This is polemic touched with poetry. Benson's gift is to capturein strong visual terms the earth-based intuition of those "dropped in the sand and tuned to the rhythms of tiny island life' The Sunday Times 'The lack of adornment lends the novel the directness of a folk-tale and sharpens its sting' The Independent 'A powerful political novel which makes its case all the more forcefully for being so restrained' The Guardian

Title: A Lesser Dependency
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Contributors: By (author) Peter Benson

ISBN 13: 9781846881923
ISBN 10: 1846881927

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Imprint: Alma Books Ltd
Publication Date: 12/04/2012
Place of Publication: Surrey, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction

Format: Paperback
Pages: 172
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 454g