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The railway man / Eric Lomax.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, U.K. : Vintage, 2014, c1995.Description: x,322 pages : 1 map ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780099583844
  • 0099583844
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.5472595 23
Summary: During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Pop-Up Library Non-Fiction Non Fiction 940.547 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available a00648113

First published in Great Britain in 1995 by Jonathan Cape.

Film tie-in.

During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.

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