A Lesser Dependency.

Benson, Peter

ISBN 10: 0333490932 / ISBN 13: 9780333490938

Published by Macmillan, 1989

Good dark blue boards, gilt text on spine in DJ with only 1 inch tear and creasing on back cover. Some slight damp discolouration on lower inside edge DJ and cover . Corners bumped. No inscriptions. Peter Benson's second novel, winner of Guardian Fiction Prize 1987 (B/s B). Seller Inventory # 005511

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Lesser Dependency.
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition