Author: Pierre Boulle Year: 1952 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Historical fiction, Classic, War/Military
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ISBNs: 9780891419136 0891419136 |
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1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride.
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