Two prisoners of war make a daring escape from their captors, fleeing across a hostile and alien terrain towards safety across the border, more than four hundred miles away. Equipped only with the few supplies they are able to steal and with nothing to fall back on but their courage and determinatio
Figures in a Landscape
โ Scribed by Barry England
- Book ID
- 110817618
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 775 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781473573871
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โฆ Synopsis
'Masterful and beautifully written. Riveting and compellingly authentic. Grips you like a vice from the first page and never lets you go' Damien Lewis
Two men are on the run. They have four hundred miles to go across hostile territory. Soldiers on the ground track them day and night, a helicopter circles above, life becomes a second-by-second fight for survival. Each muscle movement, drop of sweat, glance and instinct matters. Every second counts.
Through long slogs across country, risky raids for supplies, moments of sheer panic, and under the intense pressure to survive, an unbreakable bond between two men is forged. This stunningly written, adrenaline-pumping novel is a little-known classic of its genre.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FIRST EVER BOOKER PRIZE IN 1969
'England's prose has the tough, spare elegance of steel scaffolding... a brilliant achievement' The Times
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