{"product_id":"survivor-on-the-river-kwai-9780241965115","title":"Survivor on the River Kwai","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurvivor on the River Kwai\u003c\/i\u003e is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 1942. A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. Beaten, tortured, starving and forced to watch his comrades die, Reg fights for his survival, stealing from his captors, trapping animals and even making his own tobacco. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs moving and harrowing as \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fighting Tommy, \u003c\/i\u003ewith the drama of David Lean''s \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge Over the River Kwai \u003c\/i\u003eand the heart of \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the finest accounts yet of life in the jungle PoW camps, at once humbling, heartwarming and enraging -- Allan Mallinson * The Times *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733393387863,"sku":"9780241965115","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241965115.jpg?v=1719999992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/survivor-on-the-river-kwai-9780241965115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}