Hiroshima Joe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312268053)

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.

Author: Martin Booth
ISBN-10: 031226805X
ISBN-13: 9780312268053
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2003
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.30d