I enjoyed Spirit House by Mark Dapin. It had a slow start but I'm glad I stuck with it. It is mainly the story of Jimmy, an Jewish Australian POW who spent time in Changi and the Burma Railway. Most of the story is told in the first person by the character David who Jimmy's grandson. It is set in Sydney in 1990, where Jimmy regularly meets his Jewish friends who were also POWs. Jimmy is plagued by nightmares about his war experiences and the friends who died so builds a "spirit house" with David's help. As he builds, he tells David the stories some of which are, of course, quite harrowing. There are stories of betrayal, love, friendship, brutality and loss. There are some not forgiven for their actions. The book begins with a first person account set in Siam in 1944 and the reader does not learn the identity of this character till the end of the book, a good "twist". 4/5Thursday, June 21, 2012
Spirit House
I enjoyed Spirit House by Mark Dapin. It had a slow start but I'm glad I stuck with it. It is mainly the story of Jimmy, an Jewish Australian POW who spent time in Changi and the Burma Railway. Most of the story is told in the first person by the character David who Jimmy's grandson. It is set in Sydney in 1990, where Jimmy regularly meets his Jewish friends who were also POWs. Jimmy is plagued by nightmares about his war experiences and the friends who died so builds a "spirit house" with David's help. As he builds, he tells David the stories some of which are, of course, quite harrowing. There are stories of betrayal, love, friendship, brutality and loss. There are some not forgiven for their actions. The book begins with a first person account set in Siam in 1944 and the reader does not learn the identity of this character till the end of the book, a good "twist". 4/5
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