On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift...
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2015-02-21
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Var beredd att skippa den efter de första 100 sidorna, men fortsatte iaf. Och vilken tur det var! Så bra! Så spännande, tragisk och lycklig på en och samma gång. Måste se filmen!
2012-11-28
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Mycket bra bok, kunde inte slita mig och är alldeles förbluffad över att denna människa kunde klara sig.
