Richard Cockett
Their Island Story
Indonesia Etc: Exploring the Improbable Nation
By Elizabeth Pisani
Granta Books 404pp £18.99 order from our bookshop
Indonesia must be the biggest country in the world that you know almost nothing about. With 250 million people it is the fourth most populous, after China, India and the USA – but could you name the president? Or any city other than Jakarta? Or just one famous Indonesian? Maybe one of the above, but certainly not all three. One of Indonesia’s smaller islands, Bali, is probably better known than the country itself. And how many people know Bali is in Indonesia?
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