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Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
MARK HANUSZ | 10 March 2003
Indonesia was, until recently, identified only by a few demographic facts (the world's fourth most populous country, the largest Muslim country in the world, etc.). More recently it has become known by trivia considerably less savoury (narrowly beaten by Nigeria for the world's most corrupt country, Asia's largest haven for terrorists and extremists in the wake of the Bali bombing in October last year, etc.).

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