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Lomax, Eric.

The railway man / Eric Lomax. - Large print edition. - Leicester : Thorpe, 2014. - 352 p. (large print) ; 24 cm. - Charnwood .

During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.

Adult.

ISBN: 9781444819854 (hbk) 1444819852

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lomax, Eric.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Singapore--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Burma.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Thailand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Large type books.

Dewey Class. No.: 940.5472595