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The bridge over the river Kwai / translated by Xan Fielding.

By: Boulle, Pierre, 1912-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Bantam, 1983, c1954Description: 184 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 0553248502.Uniform titles: Pont de la riviere Kwai. English Subject(s): Burma-Siam Railroad -- Fiction | Burma-Siam Railroad -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- FictionDDC classification: 843/.91 Summary: A satire on a certain type of British officer who clings to discipline even in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He builds a bridge with prison labor and indignantly exposes a team of commandos when they arrive to blow it up.
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Translation of: Pont de la riviere Kwai.

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A satire on a certain type of British officer who clings to discipline even in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He builds a bridge with prison labor and indignantly exposes a team of commandos when they arrive to blow it up.

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