What would you do if you saw the love of your life, whom you thought dead, walking towards you? Richard Flanagan's latest novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is the story of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, where Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, cholera and torture, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. The Narrow Road to the Deep North is novel of the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. Guest on this podcast includes : Richard Flanagan - Author whose novels include The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist and Wanting. He directed a feature film version of The Sound of One Hand Clapping and worked with Baz Luhrmann as a writer on the film Australia. Dewey: 028.1 RIC.