![]() ![]() ![]() It contains more than a few nuggets of wisdom that we can only recommend to all, and it moves at a pace that forces you to keep charging headlong towards the spinning blades of its epic windmill. It’s emotionally charged, thoughtfully presented, beautifully described and charged with a feeling of life, despite its more downbeat content and tragic storyline. Released on hardback and audiobook on the 3rd July 2014, Flanagan’s 464 page novel is the kind of book we would have been disappointed not to have read. It’s a wonderfully crafted drama that blurs the massive dividing line between a tragic love story and the incredibly harsh reality of life in a Japanese prisoner of war camp working on the infamous Thailand-Burma death railway. ![]() At an award ceremony London’s Guildhall in October last year, Richard Flanagan was named as the 2014 Booker Prize winner for his stunning historical drama, The Narrow Road To The Deep North and having read the book recently, we can only agree with the judging panel’s decision. ![]()
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