One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 Captured by Hirohito\'s soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped.
But Joe--haunted by the sounds and v.
The locals call him "Hiroshima Joe" with a mixture of pity and contempt.
Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl.
One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 Captured by Hirohito\'s soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped
