Burma Boy Paperback / softback
by Biyi Bandele
Paperback / softback
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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.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:05/06/2008
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- ISBN:9780099488989
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:05/06/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099488989