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Fifty years after suffering and nearly dying in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, former American pilot John Quincy believes he has fingered the Japanese man who caused so much misery and torture in the camp.
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"A tribute to the men who endured and prevailed over the worst existence imaginable." -- Stephen E. Ambrose
"Gripping... a harrowing novel of redemption and revenge." -- Library Journal
"Lehrer...runs through his plot deftly. He springs surprise after surprise on the reader." -- The Los Angeles Times
"Riveting... I couldn't put this book down! The Special Prisoner delves into the full complexity of human evil and revenge." -- Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
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"Gripping... a harrowing novel of redemption and revenge." -- Library Journal
"Lehrer...runs through his plot deftly. He springs surprise after surprise on the reader." -- The Los Angeles Times
"Riveting... I couldn't put this book down! The Special Prisoner delves into the full complexity of human evil and revenge." -- Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking
Jim Lehrer is the anchor and executive editor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and the author of numerous novels, nonfiction books, and plays. He was a 1999 recipient of a National Humanities Medal for his journalism and writing. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0786230193
- ISBN 13 9780786230198
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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