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The Bridge Over the River Kwai
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Author:
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Boulle, Pierre
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Set In . . .
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Asia, Thailand
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Genre:
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Fiction
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Time Frame:
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WW II
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Published:
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1954
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Description:
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1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride.
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