Hiroshima Joe: A NovelPicador, 2013 M10 8 - 304 pages One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 |
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... eyes , and it was obvious that he had seen everything . Their eyes met . For twenty seconds the boy looked at the man and the man at the boy . The boy's eyes were wide with wonder at what a grown man was doing , at the crack of dawn ...
... eyes , and it was obvious that he had seen everything . Their eyes met . For twenty seconds the boy looked at the man and the man at the boy . The boy's eyes were wide with wonder at what a grown man was doing , at the crack of dawn ...
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... eyes shone . Her auburn hair was short and she was wearing a blouse of sky - blue cotton . As she spun the steering wheel , Sandingham could see her gold ladies ' Rolex wristwatch catch the bright sunlight . He pondered how much such a ...
... eyes shone . Her auburn hair was short and she was wearing a blouse of sky - blue cotton . As she spun the steering wheel , Sandingham could see her gold ladies ' Rolex wristwatch catch the bright sunlight . He pondered how much such a ...
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... eyes followed the pedestrian to the entrance of the Argyle Street camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi ...
... eyes followed the pedestrian to the entrance of the Argyle Street camp , outside which stood a young British soldier . His rifle was at the slope and his knees were pinkly sunburnt . He was sweating profusely and had dark semi ...
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... eyes hardened . ' Fifty - five dollars . ' It was not an offer . It was a statement of fact . Sandingham divided fifty - five by fourteen in his head - three pounds , eighteen shillings and four pence . His mental arithmetic translated ...
... eyes hardened . ' Fifty - five dollars . ' It was not an offer . It was a statement of fact . Sandingham divided fifty - five by fourteen in his head - three pounds , eighteen shillings and four pence . His mental arithmetic translated ...
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... eyes of his own kind but also in the sight of the Chinese . He was a pathetic figure and Heng knew only too well that , but for the whim of fate , the man on the bed might have been him . But he also knew that he could not afford to ...
... eyes of his own kind but also in the sight of the Chinese . He was a pathetic figure and Heng knew only too well that , but for the whim of fate , the man on the bed might have been him . But he also knew that he could not afford to ...
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