Pinochet in Piccadilly

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In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, was arrested in London. He had been charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate, but equally intriguing questions emerged about his links with Britain. Why was Margaret Thatcher so keen to defend the General Why was Tony Blair's usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested And why was Britain the General's favourite foreign country Andy Beckett, acclaimed Guardian feature writer, offers a compound of history, investigation and travelogue that unravels this strange story.

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Andy Beckett was born in 1969. He studied modern history at Oxford University and journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. He is a feature writer at the Guardian, and also writes for the London Review of Books and the New York Times magazine. He lives in London.