SURVIVOR ON THE RIVER KWAI

TWIGG, REG

ISBN 10: 024196511X / ISBN 13: 9780241965115

Published by Penguin, 2014

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Seller Inventory # NW9780241965115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SURVIVOR ON THE RIVER KWAI
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 024196511X
• ISBN 13: 9780241965115
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: NEW

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Synopsis

Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway. February, 1942: a young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. Beaten, tortured, starving, and forced to watch his comrades die, Reg fights for his survival, stealing from his captors, trapping animals, and even making his own tobacco. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. As moving and harrowing as The Last Fighting Tommy, with the drama of David Lean's The Bridge Over the River Kwai and the heart of The Forgotten Highlander, Survivor on the River Kwai is Reg's story—his pain, his triumphs, and even his forgiveness.

About the Author

Reg Twigg was called up to the Leicestershire Regiment in 1940 but instead of fighting Hitler he was sent to the Far East, stationed at Singapore. When captured by the Japanese, he decided he would do everything to survive. After his repatriation from the Far East, Reg returned home. With his family he returned to Thailand in 2006, and revisited the sites of the POW camps. Reg died in 2013, at the age of 99.