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Survivor on the River Kwai

By: Reg Twigg
Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
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Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himself caught up in the fall of Singapore to the Japanese.

What followed were three years of hell, moving from one camp to another along the Kwai river, building the infamous Burma railway. Reg made the deadly jungle work for him. With an ingenuity that is astonishing, he trapped and ate lizards, harvested pumpkins from the canteen rubbish heap and with his homemade razor became camp barber. That Reg survived is testimony to his own courage and determination, his will to beat the alien brutality of camp guards who had nothing but contempt for him and his fellow POWs.

©2013 Reg Twigg and Clive Medway (P)2014 Soundings Military Military & War World War II War Imperial Japan Singapore
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Stunning account, threaded well together. Monumental show of resilience and resourcefulness. Fiercely defiant and moving.

Epic and bloody-minded

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Brilliant!h written and verbal well read. It is so important to get the right voice for the enjoyment of the book. I felt it was Reg Twigg reading the book himself. Accent and tone were perfect. Highly recommended.

Brilliant Story

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I found the book to be very interesting and informative especially in his young years as a lad in Leicester. His will to survive is a lesson to all. Awesome book a must if you're into ww11 .

Mr twigg

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Must listen it’s a first hand account of the railway of death and I think everything should learn from it

Great insight into the horrors those building the railway endured and their inspiring spirit

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Right from the outset, i could tell that this woul d be one of those books you 'couldn't put down'. A story of hardship and great determination, told extremely well.

Very emotional. Great Narration

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