- Published: 31 July 2013
- ISBN: 9781446419199
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
Burma Boy
- Published: 31 July 2013
- ISBN: 9781446419199
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 224
A gripping narrative - by turns pathetic, comic and exciting
Sunday Times
A hauntingly beautiful elegy for those who killed and died in the service of a history that was not their own. Like Ha Jin's magisterial War Trash, Burma Boy wields the two greatest weapons in the novelist's arsenal - imagination and empathy - to shattering effect
James Schamus, producer Brokeback Mountain and The Ice Storm
A novel that resonates across the pages with the narrative mastery of the griot's voice
Wole Soyinka
A riveting read, convincingly imagined and cinematically told. Bandele is a gifted storyteller
Linton Kwesi Johnson
A superb Second World War adventure... tender and funny
The Times
A truly fantastic book. A caesarean cut through terrifying and hilarious history
Sven Lindqvist
As humane, ridiculous and moving as Waugh's novels of the world at war
Ronan Bennett
Fascinating...unusual...invigorating...and very funny
Observer
Original ...often very funny. A magical book
Kevin MacDonald, Director: The Last King of Scotland
Vividly recreates the violence and drama of a forgotten war, describing the camaraderie between fighting men with humour and compassion
Maggie Gee