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Summary: Flanagan’s Booker-nominated novel, titled after a travelogue written by 17 th century Japanese poet Basho, follows the building of the Burma-Siam Railway during WWII.
Summary: Flanagan’s Booker-nominated novel, titled after a travelogue written by 17 th century Japanese poet Basho, follows the building of the Burma-Siam Railway during WWII.