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.
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 |