A Lesser Dependency - SIGNED FIRST PRINTING

Benson, Peter

ISBN 10: 0333490932 / ISBN 13: 9780333490938

Published by Macmillan, 1989

About this Item

Very good first printing in near dust wrapper. Some age toning to edges of text block. Dust wrapper with some light markings to extremities. Signed by the author to the title page, without further inscription. As an enthusiastic collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 009122

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Lesser Dependency - SIGNED FIRST PRINTING

Publisher: Macmillan

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

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