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|pages=240
|publisher=Hodder Murray
|date=January 2008
|isbn=978-0719569944
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You probably remember Bougainville from its secessionist conflict. During the island's struggle for independence from Papua Guinea, the New Guinean government employed Sandline International, a mercenary group, and the ensuing scandal brought down the administration. Bougainville eventually won itself an autonomous government, but not without cost.
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From the shortlist for the 2007 Booker prize for fiction we have also reviewed:
|name=Magda
|verb=said
|comment= Oh, I didn't know that the "redskins" were mercenaries (read the
Blackwater book recently but was rather disappointed, actually) - I tried
to work them out, but couldn't udnerstand why Papuan soldiers would be
Did you think that the post-island section was unnecessary, or rushed, or
something?
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|name=Jill
|verb=replied
|comment= Yes, I think the last couple of dozen pages could have been, well, better. But the rest of it was so enchanting, I really didn't mind.
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