DICTATOR ISLAND

DICTATOR ISLAND is one of an acclaimed series of short novels or mini-novels by Warwick Collins.The inhabitants of a rural New England town observe that a small and innocuous local island has become the subject of major development, behind an impenetrable barrage of security. Luxurious new houses appear, served by a deep water channel to a newly built harbour. The rumour is that the island has become a rest home for former dictators, lured from their genocidal pasts by the prospect of a quiet retirement. Who is responsible for the island and its security? Is it a secretive government operation, funded by taxpayers, or are the big corporations making a profit from rich, retired dictators with their embezzled millions? Two of the local citizens decide they are going to pay a visit to the island and penetrate the barrier of secrecy. They are surprised by what they find.Warwick Collins has an international literary reputation. THE RATIONALIST was described by Le Monde as 'a perfect novel'. His novel GENTS was reviewed in the Times list of all-time literary classics.Collins has now completed 21 sparkling new fictions for Mini-novels, specifically for e-book publication. Each is about 50 pages long and capable of being read in under an hour. All 21 mini-novels are available through Amazon and Kindle. For a full list, click on "Warwick Collins (Author)" above. Or go to mini-novels.com for more detailsThe publication of such a body of work, dedicated to the e-book form, is something of a literary event. Norman Thomas di Giovanni, the celebrated translator of Jorge Luis Borges, has written of the mini-novels "Hats off to Warwick Collins; he has single-handedly and beautifully revived for us the long short story."