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Witty, wise, and deeply moving, this is a remarkable novel, a story of the fall of Singapore and life as a POW, and of a young boy making sense of his future while old men try to live with their pastDavid is 13 and confused. His mother has left with her lover and dumped David on his grandparents. David's grandfather, Jimmy, is 70. He spends his days at the social club grumbling with his three best friends, all of them Jewish-Australian survivors of the enforced labor camps of the WWII Thai-Burma Railroad. But behind their playful backbiting and irresistible wit, Jimmy and his friends are haunted by the ghosts of long-dead comrades, and the only person Jimmy can confide in is a 13-year-old from a different world.

Author

Mark Dapin

Publisher

Tuskar Rock Press; Atlantic Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782390879

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.87 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13