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The Railway Man

Eric Lomax

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING COLIN FIRTH, NICOLE KIDMAN AND JEREMY IRVINE 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 and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened and, fifty years after the terrible events, was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is an incredible story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror. Winner of the Waterstones Esquire Award for Non-Fiction, the JR Ackerley Prize and the NCR Book Award.

GenresBiography & AutobiographyHistoricalMilitaryHistoryEuropeAsia

288 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 1995 by Vintage · ISBN 9780099582311

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Editions

3 editions

English

  • The Railway Man · Vintage · 2007 · ISBN 9780099582311 · 1 reader This page
  • The railway man · Vintage · 2014 · ISBN 9780099583844
  • The Railway Man · Jonathan Cape · 1995 · ISBN 9780224041874

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