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Tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety.

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"'One of the most exciting and perfectly executed pieces of fiction that I have ever read' Spectator * 'It haunts you, alike for the queer and mounting suspense and for the masterly portraits of the three men' Sunday Times * 'Few writers have a more exact feel for texture - of a flower, a face, a silence - and it is this that has value,' Spectator * 'H. E. Bates can achieve a quality of lyrical intensity that few contemporary novelists can match' The Times Literary Supplement"

The Purple Plain

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    A Paperback / softback by H. E. Bates

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      Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780413775979, 978-0413775979
      ISBN10: 0413775976

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety.

      Trade Review
      "'One of the most exciting and perfectly executed pieces of fiction that I have ever read' Spectator * 'It haunts you, alike for the queer and mounting suspense and for the masterly portraits of the three men' Sunday Times * 'Few writers have a more exact feel for texture - of a flower, a face, a silence - and it is this that has value,' Spectator * 'H. E. Bates can achieve a quality of lyrical intensity that few contemporary novelists can match' The Times Literary Supplement"

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