samwreads 's review for:

Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien, Luke Williams

3.0

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Fascinating, sad, academic, difficult but important-feeling blend of fiction and nonfiction concerning the deracination of the Chagossian people from the island of Diego Garcia by the UK for the purpose of establishing a US military base. But it's also about the friendship between two young, broke writers living in Edinburgh, thinking and talking about art and artists, Chagos, bitcoin and different ways of storytelling. I'm glad it exists and that I read it, but it is definitely a project rather than a joy to read. but then not everything can be a joy, right? We, or at least I, need this sort of art on balance.