{"product_id":"2026100009233-secondhand-dead-men-rising","title":"Dead Men Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st us ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: unclipped dj ($3.00). Boards - light bumping on spine; binding remains tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping work of wartime fiction rooted in the grim realities of the Pacific theatre, Dead Men Rising chronicles the harrowing experiences of Australian prisoners of war held in Japanese internment camps during World War II, drawing on the authentic moral and psychological tensions that defined that brutal chapter of history. Seaforth Mackenzie places his characters in the crucible of captivity, where survival, loyalty, and human dignity are tested against the systematic dehumanisation of camp life, forcing readers to confront questions of courage and complicity that resonate far beyond the battlefield.\n\nMackenzie writes with a stark, unflinching realism that places Dead Men Rising firmly within the tradition of significant Australian war literature, presenting the interior lives of ordinary men caught in extraordinary and degrading circumstances with both empathy and unflinching honesty. His spare prose carries immense moral weight, building an atmosphere of claustrophobic tension that never relents — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, what it truly means to remain human when all the structures of civilisation have been stripped away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216180388059,"sku":"2026100009233-SECONDHAND","price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7868d05a-ceb0-4b44-8778-403169d04fc0.png?v=1788404756","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009233-secondhand-dead-men-rising","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}