The Narrow Road to the Deep North

If you like a light read, do not pick up this book.... It might, it will, it should disturb you.

We have come at a time where very few survivors are still around to tell their story. Meanwhile, it seems far enough away so that we can look at situations from the perspective of both parties involved. Flanagan's writing makes the horrors of the WW2 POW camps come closer than you might feel comfortable with. I put down the book regularly while reading, but I always picke it back up again. This book definitely deserved the Man Booker Prize, in my humble opinion