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* NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING JACOB ELORDI AND CIARAN HINDS*

Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon, is haunted by a forbidden love as he struggles to keep his men alive in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

Before captivity, Dorrigo’s affair with Amy Mulvaney reshaped his life. Now, amidst the violence of the Second World War, as Dorrigo struggles to save the men under his commend from starvation, cholera and beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever.

A landmark work of historical fiction, The Narrow Road to the Deep North explores the power of love and the enduring cost of war.

Publisher Review

Some years, very good books win the Man Booker Prize but this year a masterpiece has won it * A.C. Grayling, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2014 * a virtuoso performance… every time I pick up the book, I feel – and I mean it – sparks of fire, from some imaginary battlefield. It is that vivid. — Chigozie Obioma * Metro * Well worth a read. — Graeme Demianyk * Huffington Post * Profoundly moving. * Reading Matters * The writing is exquisite. — Jenni Murray * Daily Mail * The quality of the writing is extraordinary and the emotions it provoked in me have never left — Helen Edmundson * Week *