A 25 year old Australian, James Boyle, was one of thousands of prisoners of war who worked in inhuman conditions to build the Thailand/Burma railway. He was determined to record his experiences, and those of his mates, at the limits of human endurance. Boyle sacrificed precious scraps of food for a tiny notebook. In it, in great secrecy, he described in shorthand fragments of life on the railroad. When the remnants of his group were withdrawn to Singapore, he buried his notebook for safekeeping. Then, after the liberation in August 1945, he retrieved his firsthand account. Over four decades later, that small book of spidery pencil-markings forms the core of Boyle's story.
- ISBN10 1863730087
- ISBN13 9781863730082
- Publish Date 23 October 1992 (first published 1 November 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 March 2000
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Allen & Unwin
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 216
- Language English