Survivor on the River Kwai
Subtitle: the incredible story of life on the Burma Railway
By: Reg Twigg
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780670922772; 9780241965108; 9780670922789
Subjects: Japanese Prisoners and prisons; World War, 1939-1945; British Personal narratives
Description: A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, building the Burma Railway for the Japanese. Beaten, tortured, starving and forced to watch his comrades die, Reg fights for his survival.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.