First Edition, First Printing. -- Novel, Mauritius Ilois in the Indian Ocean. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine (number impression on endsheet) in near fine dust jacket (tiny tear). ISBN 0333490932.

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Title

A Lesser Dependency.

Publisher

London, Macmillan.

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0333490932

ISBN 13

9780333490938

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This novel is set in Diego Garcia, a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean - too small to find on a map and one of the last paradisical outposts of the Empire. The islanders are forced to leave hteir home to make way for a military base for the United States army. Peter Benson has also written the prize-winning novel "The Levels".

Review

'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

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