When Tari was 16, a dictator became her neighbour. Then her parents were imprisoned
By Krishna Sen, Chair professor, The University of Western Australia
David T. Hill, Emeritus Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
Tari Long’s memoir, My Neighbour, The Dictator, remembers a chaotic adolescence in the shadow of Indonesia’s 1965 military coup – and surviving her parents’ absence.
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