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FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREET
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Should be read by anyone who cares about justice humanity and human rights Elif Shafak
An essential account Sunday Times
Powerful and persuasive superb Abdulrazak Gurnah
An urgent reminder that Britains colonial rule isnt our past Its our present New Statesman
An important book Observer
Elegant moving and profoundly informative The Scotsman
Through one womans fight for justice the awardwinning author of East West Street exposes the shocking events that marked the 1965 establishment of the British Indian Ocean Territory Written with Sands characteristic expertise insight and thrilling storytelling The Last Colony lays bare the brutal legacy of colonial rule the devastating impact of Britains grip on its last colony in Africa and the ongoing struggle to right a historic wrong
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