# The Railway Man

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- Authors: [Eric Lomax](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-lomax)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-11-01
- Genres: Biography: historical, political and military, True stories / true accounts of events, Asian history, Military history

## Description

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING COLIN FIRTH, NICOLE KIDMAN AND JEREMY IRVINE During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened and, fifty years after the terrible events, was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is an incredible story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror. Winner of the Waterstones Esquire Award for Non-Fiction, the JR Ackerley Prize and the NCR Book Award.

## Editions

### The Railway Man

- Publisher: RH Audiogo
- Medium: audio
- Length: 8 h 26 min
- Narrated by: Bill Paterson
- ISBN: 978-14-4646-993-4
- Published: 2011-05-05
- Language: en_GB

### The Railway Man

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0908-787-8
- Published: 2009-10-06
- Language: en_GB

### The Railway Man

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9958-231-1
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2007-11-01
- Language: en_GB