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".
- ISBN10 0140125949
- ISBN13 9780140125948
- Publish Date 22 February 1990 (first published 27 February 1989)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 14 February 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English