Anguilla / Special Interests / Recommended reading

There are a number of pamphlets that tell of moments of Anguilla’s history, many of course referring to the rebellion and invasion that was variously written up as “the Mouse that Roared” and “the Eel that Squealed”, even as Britain’s “Bay of Piglets” (it took place soon after the abortive American-backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs), but the best description of the episode was written by Donald Westlake. Under an English Heaven tells the story of the Anguillians’ defiant stand against the Kittitians and British bureaucracy. It is an unexpectedly entertaining read and has some absolutely priceless photographs.