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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... minute jabbing pains that he felt as his hand passed over the flesh made him wince . With his arm restored , he leaned over and tugged open the drawer of the bedside table . His fingers fumbled through the contents - an old army paybook ...
... minute jabbing pains that he felt as his hand passed over the flesh made him wince . With his arm restored , he leaned over and tugged open the drawer of the bedside table . His fingers fumbled through the contents - an old army paybook ...
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... minutes , ' he said . ' I'll be out in five minutes . Do the next room first . ' The roomboy , who had turned aside upon seeing that the man was semi - naked , said nothing in reply . He was used to it . He simply left . Sandingham ...
... minutes , ' he said . ' I'll be out in five minutes . Do the next room first . ' The roomboy , who had turned aside upon seeing that the man was semi - naked , said nothing in reply . He was used to it . He simply left . Sandingham ...
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... minutes , for the bus was full . It was a section of the route that Sandingham did not like . As the bus pulled away from the kerb he looked at the floor between his shoes to avoid seeing anything out of the window . But there , in the ...
... minutes , for the bus was full . It was a section of the route that Sandingham did not like . As the bus pulled away from the kerb he looked at the floor between his shoes to avoid seeing anything out of the window . But there , in the ...
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... minutes , he was once more standing at a bus stop . A ragged queue formed behind him . Several old men joined the line , as well as two young women in cheong - sams and a few children who appeared to be unattached to any of the adults ...
... minutes , he was once more standing at a bus stop . A ragged queue formed behind him . Several old men joined the line , as well as two young women in cheong - sams and a few children who appeared to be unattached to any of the adults ...
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... minutes to assure himself that he wasn't heard . The space was slightly smaller than the tile , two inches wide by three long and two deep . In this recess he kept his money , wrapped in a square of tar paper . He took it out and ...
... minutes to assure himself that he wasn't heard . The space was slightly smaller than the tile , two inches wide by three long and two deep . In this recess he kept his money , wrapped in a square of tar paper . He took it out and ...
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