book cover of The Seed and the Sower
 

The Seed and the Sower

(1963)
(Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
A novel by

 
 
Filmed as the acclaimed Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence starring David Bowie and Tom Conti.

This is war as experienced in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java in 1942. It is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of the terrible violence and hardship strange bonds of love and friendship are forged between the prisoners – and their jailers.


Genre: Thriller

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