The Bridge Over the River Kwai Author: Pierre Boulle
	Book Information Publisher: Bantam Book Type: Paperback Rating: ? ISBN-13: 162564 - ISBN-10: Publication Date: 4/1967 Pages: 150

In one of the most famous and widely-read novels of our time, Pierre Boulle tells the story of Colonel Nicholson, brilliant officer, disciplinarian, perfectionist, whose passion for duty led him to prform an almost impossible feat of military genius for the Japanese Army he hated.

Once in a very long while we come across a book so completely fresh and original that there's nothing to compare it to. THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI is that kind of book. It's a war novel, but it's not a story about war; it's funny--but almost to the point of tears; it's a terrific adventure yarn, filled with action--but it's also a deeply thoughtful book. It is both intensely serious and a jarring horse-laugh at our ordinary ideas of honor, decency and right and wrong. Quite a book...