Björn recenserade Burma Boy av Biyi Bandele
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3 stjärnor
Plotwise like a mix of Good Soldier Svejk and Inglourious Basterds as a troop of Nigerian colonial soldiers are sent into the jungles of Burma to fight the Japanese on their own turf, teach them to fear the jungle in the name of King George.
There's good stuff here, but the tone never quite sits right with me; the mix of horror and dry irony not quite jelling, and a feeling that it could have benefitted from being longer.
Plotwise like a mix of Good Soldier Svejk and Inglourious Basterds as a troop of Nigerian colonial soldiers are sent into the jungles of Burma to fight the Japanese on their own turf, teach them to fear the jungle in the name of King George.
There's good stuff here, but the tone never quite sits right with me; the mix of horror and dry irony not quite jelling, and a feeling that it could have benefitted from being longer.