- Published: 15 June 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488989
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $35.00
Burma Boy
- Published: 15 June 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488989
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
- RRP: $35.00
Vividly recreates the violence and drama of a forgotten war, describing the camaraderie between fighting men with humour and compassion
Maggie Gee
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 truly fantastic book. A caesarean cut through terrifying and hilarious history
Sven Lindqvist
A novel that resonates across the pages with the narrative mastery of the griot's voice
Wole Soyinka
As humane, ridiculous and moving as Waugh's novels of the world at war
Ronan Bennett
Original ...often very funny. A magical book
Kevin MacDonald, Director: The Last King of Scotland
A riveting read, convincingly imagined and cinematically told. Bandele is a gifted storyteller
Linton Kwesi Johnson
A gripping narrative - by turns pathetic, comic and exciting
Sunday Times
A superb Second World War adventure... tender and funny
The Times
Fascinating...unusual...invigorating...and very funny
Observer