Shame and the Captives (46 page)

ALSO BY THOMAS KENEALLY

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Gossip from the Forest

Season in Purgatory

A Victim of the Aurora

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Confederates

The Cut-rate Kingdom

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NONFICTION

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The Place Where Souls Are Born

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Homebush Boy: A Memoir

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FOR CHILDREN

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Keneally, Thomas.

 Shame and the captives: a novel / Thomas Keneally. — First Atria Books hardcover edition.

  pages; cm

 1. World War, 1939–1945—Prisoners and prisons, Australian—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Prisoners and prisons, Japanese—Fiction. 3. Prisoners of war—Australia—Fiction. 4. Prisoners of war—Japan—Fiction. 5. Escapes—Australia—Cowra (N.S.W.)—Fiction. 6. Australia—History—20th century—Fiction. 7. Cowra (N.S.W.)—History—20th century—Fiction. I. Title.

 PR9619.3.K46S53 2015

 823'.914—dc23                 2014034535

ISBN 978-1-4767-3464-4

ISBN 978-1-4767-3466-8 (ebook)