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The Times, Ross Leckie
`A perfect work of monumental simplicity... I cannot think how it became out of print. It should never be so again.'
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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This account of the author's experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war is,as you'd expect, a fairly harrowing one. But what lifts this remarkabletale is the book's humanity and compassion, and the tenderness of itsnarrative.
Whether Eric Lomax is re-living his childhood fascination with steamlocomotives and trams, or describing the horrendous, inhuman acts of torture, the prose are consistently imbued with an almost poetic andinnocent sense of wonder.
The details, observations and character sketches are authentically andvividly drawn. But it is the final passages of this book which documentthe author's determination to come face to face with one of his torturers,that make this extaordinary book so moving, compelling and ultimatelyuplifting.
Whether Eric Lomax is re-living his childhood fascination with steamlocomotives and trams, or describing the horrendous, inhuman acts of torture, the prose are consistently imbued with an almost poetic andinnocent sense of wonder.
The details, observations and character sketches are authentically andvividly drawn. But it is the final passages of this book which documentthe author's determination to come face to face with one of his torturers,that make this extaordinary book so moving, compelling and ultimatelyuplifting.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Eric Lomax, like many young men of his generation, had a love for steam railways that bordered on an obsession. It was ironic then that he ended up as a prisoner of war on the notorious Burma Railroad, enduring torture and experiencing dreadful war crimes perpetrated against Allied prisoners.
This poignant book plays with the reader's emotions, first stoking up outrage at the appalling treatment meted out to this gentle man by his Japanese captors, then unexpectedly flipping its perpective to deliver a brilliant and unexpected climax.
The result is a literary gem, but it is Lomax's honesty rather than his cleverness as a writer that ensures that this book succeeds. I recommend it strongly.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I can't recommend this book too highly. Probably the best book I've ever read about the Second World War and mans inhumanity to man. Yet it still leaves you with a belief in mans essential goodness. Buy it.
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I bought this book two days ago on a whim after I read that it was to be turned into a film. I have finished it in two sittings, alternately gripped and uplifted from page to page. Read more
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have heard this book was very good and so finally got a second hand copy, neary finished the book which is a rare thing for me, cant say 10 out of 10 but for a true story very good... Read more
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Following the opening chapters which tell of Eric Lomax's upbringing, tedious but necessary to understand his character, the rest was gripping to one not easily gripped. Read more
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Published 5 months ago by Angie
moving story
An excellent read. The book arrived early snd was just as expected from the newspaper review I had seen recently.
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A Tale of Bravery, Endurance and Forgiveness
This is one man's tale of brutal and sadistic treatment as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Henry Shepherd
Railway Man - a story of essential good on a journey through hell
Lomax offers the reader an insight into redemption and forgiveness based on the unimaginable suffering that was his war. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nick O
Intensely moving
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