Richard Flanagan’s book The Narrow Road to the Deep North isn’t a light read. Published in 2013, it won the Booker Prize for its depiction of its hero, Dorrigo Evans’, struggles in Burma during the Second World War.
Now, it has been adapted into a TV series starring Jacob Elordi. But despite the touch of Hollywood glamour, the story remains unrelentingly grim: Dorrigo Evans is captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Java and forced to help build the Burma Railway.
