THE NAKED ISLAND

BY RUSSELL BRADDON

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, N.Y,, 1953

FIRST PUBLISHED, 1953, IN THE UNITED STATES

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 52-13375

1952, by Russell Reading Braddon Reserved in the United States At the Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y.

AUTHOR S NOTE

This book is written as one man's fear of things that lie ahead. It is also written as one man's tribute to the Britishers capacity for living fearlessly and gently.

It is especially a tribute to two men--Padre Noel Duckworth and Major Kevin Pagan--who lived more fearlessly and more gently than all others.

It is dedicated to a Welshman called "Mush."

R.B.

BOOK ONE

1 THE FOURTEENTH STEP

2 INSANITY IN THE FAMILY?

3 FIVE-BOB-A-DAY BUTCHERS

4 "NOW IS THE HOUR"

5 "BAD DAMES"

6 "HOW TO LIVE IN MALAYA"

7 "HULLO, JOE"

8 "BATTLE STATIONS"

9 AIRBORNE INVASION

BOOK TWO

1 OUR FIRST GAOL

2 "SHANGRI-LA"

3 "PUDU S GROWING PAINS"

4 HOW TO BE A P.O.W.

5 TOJO NUMBER TEN

6 THE PHONY CAPTIVITY

7 SINGAPORE INTERLUDE

8 BORE-HOLES

BOOK THREE

1 "BRING YOUR PIANO"

2 KANEMOTOSAN

3 "ULCERS AND, BUSHIDO"

BOOK FOUR

1 A HOME TO BE BUILT

2 THE AERODROME

3 THEATRE

4 "HARRY THE HAWK"

5 THE FOURTH YEAR

6 ON OUR RETURN

THE HIROSHIMA INCIDENT

POSTSCRIPT

1 THE FOURTEENTH STEP

There were twenty-two steps altogether from the courtyard of

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