Alex von Tunzelmann is the author of Indian Summer. She was educated at Oxford and lives in London.
Alex von Tunzelmann is the author of Indian Summer. She was educated at Oxford and lives in London.
'Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, Tunzelmann's much-praised book takes readers on a whistle-stop tour of America's relations with its Caribbean neighbours during the Cold War' Independent 19/4 'The agonies the US choices inflicted make for painful reading but Von Tunzelmann's book cracks along at a sometimes blurry pace, highlighting tragicomic anecdotes. This is an impressive attempt to capture the tumultuous events that shook the post-war Caribbean and has left it reeling' Siobhan Murphy, Metro 13/4 'Von Tunzelmann writes with the same verve and range of material she deployed in Indian Summer, a praised treatment of the end of the British Empire' John Paul Rathbone, FT 30/4
'Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, Tunzelmann's much-praised book takes readers on a whistle-stop tour of America's relations with its Caribbean neighbours during the Cold War' Independent 19/4 'The agonies the US choices inflicted make for painful reading but Von Tunzelmann's book cracks along at a sometimes blurry pace, highlighting tragicomic anecdotes. This is an impressive attempt to capture the tumultuous events that shook the post-war Caribbean and has left it reeling' Siobhan Murphy, Metro 13/4 'Von Tunzelmann writes with the same verve and range of material she deployed in Indian Summer, a praised treatment of the end of the British Empire' John Paul Rathbone, FT 30/4
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