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A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives.

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His steamroller energy, his incredible facility as a teller of tales, is undiminished . . . A tremendously accomplished novel, rich in character, detail and incident. It is the work of a master novelist -- Kevin Power * Sunday Business Post (Ireland) *
Keneally's gift, and his blessing to the many hundreds of characters he has created, is always to find the extraordinary within the ordinary. -- Peter Pierce * The Australian *

Shame and the Captives

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    A Hardback by Thomas Keneally

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 10 April 2014
      ISBN-13 9781444781281
      978-1444781281
      ISBN-10 1444781286

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives.

      Trade Review
      His steamroller energy, his incredible facility as a teller of tales, is undiminished . . . A tremendously accomplished novel, rich in character, detail and incident. It is the work of a master novelist -- Kevin Power * Sunday Business Post (Ireland) *
      Keneally's gift, and his blessing to the many hundreds of characters he has created, is always to find the extraordinary within the ordinary. -- Peter Pierce * The Australian *

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