Book four in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon And don't miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built
Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth, killing most of the population.Related Subjects
DramaBoulle's Bridge Over the River Kwai is a passion play and insight into the moralities of senior British officers and a Japanese commandant using a remote Japanese P.O.W. camp in Siam during WWII as a backdrop.Camp commandant, Colonel Saito, a drunken, loathsome miscreant of unfulfilled expectations is fond of using starvation and torture to keep prisoners in line. He has been ordered to build a bridge spanning the Kwai river...
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Pierre Boulle equates the ritual of the Japanese with the ritual of the British. Lots of room for disagreement here. Few people would disagree with the more American view that being a captive of the Japanese in WWII could well be a sentence of death. But of course, Boulle is French so that explains some of his xenophobia regarding either country.The fact is, the moral issues are carefully presented. The soothsayer, Major Clipton,...
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This s one of the few novels that I've read multiple times, at least four. Boulle is a great author - too bad most of his works are out of print. "The Whale of the Victoria Cross" is also good, if you can find a used copy somewhere. As for this novel, it has a somewhat different ending than the movie. If you like the movie, you should like this. I would also rec. "Planet of the Apes".
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This book is one of Pierre Boulle's best works. This story is intriguing and action filled. If you are looking for a great read, get this book!
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A wonderful book filled with great symboliztion and irony, not to mention tragedy.
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