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"The Special Prisoner takes it title from the designation the Japanese government gave U.S. airmen held prisoner during World War II - an indication of the severity with which these foreign devils responsible for bombing Japanese cities were to be treated. John Quincy Watson was a skilled young pilot flying B-29s over Japan when he was shot down and taken prisoner in 1945.
Fifty years later, now a prominent religious figure nearing retirement, Bishop Watson believes he has long since overcome the excruciating memories of his months as a POW. But a chance sighting of the now equally elderly Japanese officer who repeatedly tortured him instantly transports the Bishop back to that unendurable time, and he finds himself overwhelmed by an uncontrollable desire for vengeance.
The result for Watson is both a vivid return to the horrors of his past and the triggering of a new series of events that are also horrific - and tragic." "The Special Prisoner delves into the complicated issue of war guilt and forgiveness, starkly portrayed in the characters of an officer from a country that refuses to admit any wrongdoing and a clergyman who is committed to a belief that to forgive is divine."--BOOK JACKET.
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Prisoners of war, Bishops in fiction, Prisoners of war in fiction, United States. Army, Bishops, Ex-prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945 in fiction, Revenge, Fiction, United States, United States. in fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Revenge in fiction, Ex-prisoners of war in fiction, Veterans, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Forgiveness, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, World war, 1939-1945, fictionPlaces
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The special prisoner: a novel
2000, Public Affairs, PublicAffairs
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The special prisoner: a novel
2000, Random House
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