{"product_id":"hiroshima-joe-9780312268053","title":"Hiroshima Joe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him \"Hiroshima Joe\" with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe--haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal--is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Booth \u003c\/b\u003eis a critically acclaimed novelist and film writer. His novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Industry of Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His new novel, \u003ci\u003eIslands of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460115337490,"sku":"9780312268053","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9179c07b-996d-4148-8853-4e56dd223e35.jpg?v=1730028200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hiroshima-joe-9780312268053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}