The Railway Man
Eric Lomax
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING COLIN FIRTH, NICOLE KIDMAN AND JEREMY IRVINE
During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.
Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened and, fifty years after the terrible events, was able to meet one of his tormentors.
The Railway Man is an incredible story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.
Winner of the Waterstones Esquire Award for Non-Fiction, the JR Ackerley Prize and the NCR Book Award.
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Reviews for The Railway Man
Harry Ritchie
Daily Mail
Forget the grueling films, just read the brilliant books
Independent
This beautiful, awkward book tells the story of a fine and awkward man. Here, I think, is an account that rises above mere timeliness and comes near to being a classic of autobiography
Ian Jack
Guardian
When I turned to the book, the complexity of Lomax's emotions came alive and burned off the page
Independent
Of all the billions of words that have been written about the Second World War, with the exception of Churchill's Nobel Prize winning history, it is not an exaggeration to say there is no account of it more worth reading that this. Wistfully romantic, historically important, startling, horrifying and ultimately electrifyingly uplifting, The Railway Man is as indispensable as any book can be.
Tom Peck
Independent
This is a harrowing but very honest and ultimately compassionate memoir
Herald
Now is the time to read the true life story of Scot Eric Lomax... A story of courage and survival
Daily Record
It made me cry, I felt angry at man’s inhumanity to man and yet uplifted by the way Eric finally came to terms with the suffering he’d endured and was able to forgive
Lesley Pearse
Metro
A story worth preserving
Iain Campbell
Stornoway Gazette
A powerful autobiography that shines a light on a difficult period in history
Sally Newall
Independent