Stubborn Buggers: The Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Tim Bowden (Author, Narrator), Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (Publisher)

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'It made Changi seem like heaven.'

There was a place far worse than Changi - Singapore's Outram Road Gaol. Deprivation here was so extreme that there really was a fate worse than death. Stubborn Buggers is the story of 12 Australian POWs who fought and survived the battle for Malaya, then captivity and slave labour, followed by the unimaginable hardships of Outram Road Gaol.

It is a story of how they dealt with the brutality of the Japanese military police, the feared Kempeitai. And it is the story of how they found a way to go on living even when facing a future of no hope and slow death.

But Stubborn Buggers is about more than suffering and brutality. It is also a story of grit, determination, and larrikin humour. It is very much about the triumph of the human spirit.

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8 hours and 40 minutes
Author

Tim Bowden
Narrator

Tim Bowden
Audible release date

1 July 2014
Language

English
Publisher

Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
ASIN

B00NPBIGJ8
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 40 minutes
Author	Tim Bowden
Narrator	Tim Bowden
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 July 2014
Publisher	Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NPBIGJ8
Best Sellers Rank	22,222 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 4 in History of Prisoners of War 10 in Historical Japan Biographies 16 in Japanese History (Audible Books & Originals)

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Demonbazza

Stubborn buggers by Tim Bowden

Reviewed in Australia on 9 July 2014

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This book describes the atrocities that our POW'S were treated whilst in Outram goal in Singapore. The grit and determination of these men against their jailers makes them most admired. How frustating was it for them in the way they were treated by the animalistic guards, especially knowing the implications if they did rebel or retaliate against them. A worthy read and why more of these jailers were not tried and sentenced to either death or jail in incomprehensible. A great story written by Tim Bowden

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D. Newberry

Disappointing read

Reviewed in Australia on 18 June 2014

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Was a difficult and disjointed book to read as a book. As mini stories not so bad but nothing like the Railway Man book of the same time which was an excellent read

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Leonie Barrett

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 3 June 2016

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Really good book.

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margaret

An amazing account of the horrors and degrigation suffered by P>O>W's

Reviewed in the United States on 13 July 2014

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An amazing account of the horrors and degrigation suffered by P>O>W's. Interesting how the mind works when put to the test.
I found it fascinating but i had to read on all the time because I couldn't put it down.
I'm sure this will be an interesting picture for people like me who didn't know about this terrible crime.

Chris

A great book. The only better one was The Forgotten ...

Reviewed in the United States on 14 March 2015

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A great book. The only better one was The Forgotten Highlander by Alastair Urquhart. Bus this one describes life in Changi amazingly and all the escapes they tried etc All in all a "horrible" but amazing book.

Frank A Boorman

Savage memories

Reviewed in the United States on 4 August 2014

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Very slow. Very amateurish in the structure of the writing. Lots of repetition. Apart from these remarks, a savage memory of the reduction of humans in wartime. The Japanese soldiers and Korean guards allowed themselves to reduce to the lowest of all animals. We must never allow ourselves to go to war.

Jon Eaton

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Reviewed in the United States on 31 May 2014

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Every Australian should read this book to have some idea what these men have gone through, having visited Changi a number of times and observed the conditions, it is very sobering to understand what it was like in Outram Road, Changi was a holiday camp in comparison.

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humbug

made me cry

Reviewed in the United States on 24 May 2014

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TIM BOWDEN IS A VERY CLEVER WRITER. THE WAY THIS STORY IS TOLD MAKES YOU KEEP READING HOPING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO STOP THE PAIN ,SADLY THE PAIN GETS WORSE ..A TRULY TERRIFIC PIECE OF WRITING

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