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“A tourist is an ugly human being.”
Antiguan-American writer · born 1949
Antiguan-born writer known for A Small Place, her fierce indictment of tourism and colonialism, and for novels such as Annie John and Lucy. Her lyrical, unflinching prose explores Antigua, family, gardens and the long shadow of empire.
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