The Railway Man
Subtitle: Now a major motion picture
Edition: Movie tie-in
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: February 18, 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780099583844; 9780099597551
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Burma-Siam Railroad; Krijgsgevangenen; British Personal narratives; Conscript labor; World War, 1939-1945; Japanese Prisoners and prisons; Spoorwegen; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published in Great Britain in 1995 by Jonathan Cape.

Film tie-in.