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Hiroshima Joe - by  Martin Booth (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Hiroshima Joe - by Martin Booth (Paperback)

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  • One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped.
  • About the Author: Martin Booth is a critically acclaimed novelist and film writer.
  • 304 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, War & Military

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First published in 1985, "Hiroshima Joe" is one of the most powerful novels about the experience of war. Joe Sandingham was interred in a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped. Years later, a shell of a man and living in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, his compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.



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One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985

Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him "Hiroshima Joe" with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe--haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal--is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.



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"Engrossing...unflinchingly graphic." --The New York Times

"A brilliant achievement." --Daily Telegraph (UK)

"A carefully controlled study of man's beastliness to man, vividly observed." --Financial Times

"Fashion[s] a moving drama from the cruelties and pathologies of modern warfare and some moral meaning from the terrible travail of a man who survived, and even transcended it." --Publishers Weekly




About the Author



Martin Booth is a critically acclaimed novelist and film writer. His novel, The Industry of Souls, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His new novel, Islands of Silence, is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: War & Military
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Format: Paperback
Author: Martin Booth
Language: English
Street Date: January 4, 2003
TCIN: 82967087
UPC: 9780312268053
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-8741
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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