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The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness / Eric Lomax.
A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.
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- ISBN: 039334407X
- ISBN: 9780393344073
- Physical Description: 288 p. : map ; 21cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY. : W. W. Norton, [2014?], c1995.
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| General Note: | First published as a Norton paperback, 2012. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 940.5472 L839r 1995 (Text) | 33126019859218 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1995 September
Lomax, the "railway man," was an Englishman in the Royal Signal Corps stationed in Malaya. Trains were his passion, and when Singapore was taken by the Japanese at the start of World War II, he was sent to Thailand as a prisoner of war to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railroad, recalled in the motion picture Bridge on the River Kwai. When the elementary radio he built and a detailed map he sketched were found, he was interrogated as a spy and horrifyingly tortured day after day. The interpreter was as merciless as the torturers, and this was the man Lomax could not forget or forgive. After the war he returned home, psychologically and physically impaired. Almost 50 years later, he learned his tormentor was still alive and had been haunted by his role in the torture of a British POW. The Japanese man could not properly die unless he was forgiven. The last few, too short pages detailing the climactic meeting of the two men are the strongest. Lomax shares his heavyhearted feelings with the reader in a brilliant display of underwriting. A strong choice for most libraries. [The BBC is planning a major film starring John Hurt.]?Ralph DeLucia, Willoughby Wallace Lib., Branford, Conn. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.