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A tremendous rediscovery of a brilliant novel. Extremely well written, its effects are both sophisticated and visceral. Remarkable. --William Boyd One of the most absorbing and painful books about jungle warfare that I have read. --V. S. Naipaul

A visceral depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare. * Radio Times * A tremendous rediscovery of a brilliant novel. Extremely well written, its effects are both sophisticated and visceral. Remarkable. -- William Boyd One of the most absorbing and painful books about jungle warfare that I have read. -- V. S. Naipaul

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David Piper was perhaps best known as an art historian and director of the NPG, Fitzwilliam and Ashmolean museums. He served with the Indian Army during the Second World War, eventually becoming a Japanese prisoner of war for three years before his release in 1945. He was knighted in 1983.

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