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Shame and the Captives

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On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war. The locals are unsure how to treat the 'enemy', though Alice Herman, whose young husband is himself a prisoner in Europe, becomes drawn to the Italian soldier sent to work on her father-in-law's farm. The camp commander and his deputy, each concealing a troubled private life, are disunited. And both fatally misread their Japanese captives, who burn with shame at being taken alive. The stage is set for a clash of cultures that has explosive, far-reaching consequences.

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ISBN: 9781444781274
Publication date: 12th February 2015
Author: Thomas Keneally
Publisher: Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 400 pages
Genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Second World War fiction