The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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***WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014***Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not.In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever.Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan’s epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man’s reckoning with the truth.

Additional information

Weight 0.245 kg
Dimensions 2.7 × 11 × 17.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

464

Publisher

Year Published

2015-3-26

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784701386

About The Author

Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.

Review Quote

Some years, very good books win the Man Booker Prize but this year a masterpiece has won it

Other text

A novel of extraordinary power, deftly told and hugely affecting. A classic in the making… Masterful