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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

By: Richard Flanagan
Narrated by: David Atlas
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER •

MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER •

A magisterial novel of love and war that traces the life of one man from World War II to the present.

Available now on Prime Video: Justin Kurzel’s highly anticipated series based on this Booker Prize–winning novel by Richard Flanagan; starring Jacob Elordi, Ciarán Hinds, Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge and Simon Baker.

"Magnificent." —The New York Times Book Review

"Nothing short of a masterpiece." —Financial Times

August, 1943: Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. His life, in a brutal Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway, is a daily struggle to save the men under his command. Until he receives a letter that will change him forever.

A savagely beautiful novel about the many forms of good and evil, of truth and transcendence, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.

©2013 Richard Flanagan (P)2022 Random House Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military Military War Imperial Japan

Critic reviews

2014, Booker Prize: Winner

“Richard Flanagan has written a sort of Australian War and Peace.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR

“A symphony of tenderness and love, a moving and powerful story that captures the weight and breadth of a life . . . A masterpiece.”—The Guardian

“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
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A painfully beautiful book w/outstanding narration. Masterful prose coupled with a compelling complex story.

A Sparkling Gem

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Absolutely riveting. A truly moving story. If I could, I would give it 10 stars.

A masterpiece of writing

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To just say that this is a crazy story is to do it injustice but it really is. it's difficult to listen to, difficult imagery to deal with, difficult to realize what people are capable of doing to each other, and what we're capable of living in & with. also a beautiful story. i burst in to tears during the fire. had to stop eating many times or stop listening to i could continue eating. not for the faint of heart.

there's no one thing to say

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A masterpiece of writing. Beautiful words, story and education wrapped in this novel. A rare gift bestowed on those who read or listen .

Excellent

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That was something. Never heard of this book before now. Changed my relationship with my wife and loved one’s forever.

Wow

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Main character is not at all likable! Story very compelling but needs a stronger protagonist. Readers pace maddeningly slow. I gave it 2 hours and bailed.

Could not finish listening

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There was nothing to “like,” All I felt or wondered was more akin to an older bored tomcat toying with entrails of a half of a rotten fish stinking of decayed meaning of a publisher, author, editor who took part in the creation of this putrid excuse for a book.

The vanity and stupidity of the author

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