An intense, moving and funny tale of African soldiers in World War II, the first novel to bring narrative light to this neglected history.
A few months ago fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was apprenticed to a whip-wielding blacksmith in his rural hometown. Now its winter 1944, the war is entering its most crucial stage and Ali is a private in Thunder Brigade. His unit has been given orders to go behind enemy lines and wreak havoc. But the Burmese jungle is a mud-riven, treacherous place, riddled with Japanese snipers, insanity and disease.
Burma Boy is a horrific, vividly realised account of the madness, the sacrifice and the dark humour of the Second World War's most vicious battleground. It's also the moving story of a boy trying to live long enough to become a man.
Product code: 9780099488989
| ISBN |
9780099488989 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H198xW129xS14 |
| No. Of Pages |
224 |
| Publisher |
Vintage Publishing |