Changi: The Funny Side
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the barbed wire of one of history's most notorious prisoner-of-war camps, an unlikely spirit of defiant laughter refused to be extinguished — and Changi: The Funny Side is its testament. Slim Degrey draws on firsthand experience as a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi to chronicle the absurd, the comic, and the darkly ridiculous moments that punctuated the grim reality of captivity, presenting a portrait of the Australian POW spirit that is as moving as it is unexpected. Where most accounts of Changi rightly focus on suffering and sacrifice, Degrey argues that humour was itself a form of resistance — a weapon wielded by ordinary men against extraordinary cruelty. Written with a larrikin wit and an unsentimental affection for his fellow prisoners, this memoir illustrates the remarkable resilience of the human spirit, revealing how camaraderie and laughter served as a lifeline when hope was scarce. It leaves the reader wondering: if men could find comedy in Changi, what does that tell us about the indomitable nature of the human condition?
Author: Slim Degrey
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the barbed wire of one of history's most notorious prisoner-of-war camps, an unlikely spirit of defiant laughter refused to be extinguished — and Changi: The Funny Side is its testament. Slim Degrey draws on firsthand experience as a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi to chronicle the absurd, the comic, and the darkly ridiculous moments that punctuated the grim reality of captivity, presenting a portrait of the Australian POW spirit that is as moving as it is unexpected. Where most accounts of Changi rightly focus on suffering and sacrifice, Degrey argues that humour was itself a form of resistance — a weapon wielded by ordinary men against extraordinary cruelty. Written with a larrikin wit and an unsentimental affection for his fellow prisoners, this memoir illustrates the remarkable resilience of the human spirit, revealing how camaraderie and laughter served as a lifeline when hope was scarce. It leaves the reader wondering: if men could find comedy in Changi, what does that tell us about the indomitable nature of the human condition?