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David is 13 and confused. His mum has left with her lover and dumped David on his grandparents. David's grandfather, Jimmy, is 70. He spends his days at the social club grumbling with his three best friends, all of them Jewish-Australian survivors of the enforced labor camps of the WWII Thai-Burma Railroad. But behind their playful backbiting and irresistible wit, Jimmy and his friends are haunted by the ghosts of long-dead comrades, and the only person Jimmy can confide in is a 13-year-old from a different world. . .
I think the cheerful denouement may be unnecessary.. but this is a sweet and funny read. Young boy bonding with his grandpa and associated pals - survivors of the burma railway
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