Bibliograph

Under the sun, Justin Kerr-Smiley

Type

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Under the sun, Justin Kerr-Smiley

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Under the sun

Responsibility statement

Justin Kerr-Smiley

Summary

Under the Sun is set in the closing stages of World War Two in the South Pacific. Flight Lieutenant Edward Strickland is a young RAF Spitfire pilot flying sorties over the Carolines and their outlying atolls. On a dawn patrol he is shot down attacking a submarine and ends up on a remote island occupied by a small Japanese garrison, that has remained undetected throughout the war. The garrison's commander Captain Tadashi Hayama brutally interrogates his captive and a battle of wills develops between the two men

Target audience

adult

Classification