Boulle, Pierre,  1912- <br/><br/>
The bridge over the river Kwai / 
translated by Xan Fielding. 
 - New York :  Bantam,  1983, c1954. 
 - 184 p. ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Pont de la riviere Kwai. 
<br/><br/> Booklist  Grade Teacher, 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0553248502 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Burma-Siam Railroad--Fiction.<br/>Burma-Siam Railroad--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>843/.91