![]() He hates the idea of this, and that’s partly what he writes about. This is where he had the life-changing experiences that have not only formed the man he is but, in the past twenty years, have brought him celebrity as a surviving hero. He was born just before the First World War in Tasmania, served in the army in what even the Aussies have to call the Middle East, then was transferred to Singapore. Now he lies in bed, an old man but still very active indeed, with one of several women in his life. It’s a detailed one: we learn a lot about the main character, Dorrigo Evans – almost always referred to by his name in full – from his earliest childhood memory to what appears to be the present day in the 1990s. ![]() ![]() This one is short, 57 pages in a novel of over 400, and it feels like an introduction. ![]() There are five sections of different lengths. ![]()
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