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Spice : A satire on the US invasion of Grenada in 1983

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Could an uptight, freaky Englishman crazy for a sassy, sexy girl have triggered the disastrous US invasion of the Caribbean spice island of Grenada in 1983? Spice provides a scenario just as plausible as the official rationale advanced at the time. On the evening of the invasion the author spoke with Margaret Thatcher: she was spitting feathers. A simple phone call to her from President Reagan would have changed history. This sardonic spoof on the real events shows what can happen when a middle-aged failure fuelled by lust, revenge and obsession pits his wits against the mightiest intelligence and military machine of the 20th century. It is a tale of madness: firstly, that of demented, fictional individuals. Far more frighteningly, it is about a paranoid, powerful regime. The characters in Spice are of course imaginary. The historical and military events they highlight are, amazingly, true.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781499645958
  • ISBN-10: 1499645953
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: June 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.69 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.97 pounds
  • Page Count: 328

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