The Railway Man

What a great book. What a great 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 *

Eric Lomax was born in 1919. During the Second World War he was captured and tortured by the Japanese Army and forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He met and forgave his torturer in 1995. Eric Lomax died in October 2012.

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