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Title
Burma Boy
ISBN
0224076825
EAN
9780224076821
Type
Hardback
Binding
Hardback
Date of Publication
2007-06-07
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Release Title
Burma Boy
Artist
Bandele, Biyi
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Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Burma Boy
Author
Biyi Bandele
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Topic
World War II
Item Weight
348 g
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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It s winter 1944 and the Second World War is entering its most crucial stage. A few months ago Ali Banana was apprenticed to a whip-wielding blacksmith in his rural hometown; now he s behind enemy lines, trekking through the Burmese jungle, a private in Thunder Brigade. He is fourteen years old. ed by the scarred, charismatic Sergeant Damisa, Thunder Brigade has been given orders to go behind enemy lines and wreak havoc. But the jungle is a treacherous place, riddled with Japanese snipers, infection and disease. As torrential rains turn the landscape into a mud-riven death trap, the losses mount up, Ali s sanity falters and troubling questions arise. Who, for instance, is Kingi Jogi ? What does his empire stand for? And what does it all mean for Banana, the men of Thunder Brigade and for their inspirational general? he general is history's Orde Wingate, the raw-onion-chomping, Bible-wielding maverick genius who was infamous for regaling guests in his home with accounts of great biblical military heroes while completely naked. With faultless characterisation Biyi Bandele has taken real-life battles and historical figures and woven a story that is moving, horrific and always bri

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9780224076821
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Publication Year
2007
Topic
World War II
Book Title
Burma Boy
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Author
Biyi Bandele
Format
Hardcover

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348 g

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Biyi Bandele

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