The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Top 50 Facts Countdown

Discover rare and interesting facts about The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan!

Deemed as a hero, the 77-year old Dr. Dorrigo Evans, the novel’s protagonist, looks back at the haunting and harrowing memories of World War II. The novel depicts the suffering and horror that war prisoners and laborers went through during the making of the Thai-Burma Death Railway at a Japanese POW camp during the war. The story also centers on the main character’s relationship with his wife, hi...