South by Java Head
 1st edition (UK) | |
| Author | Alistair MacLean |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | World War II Novel |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 254 pgs |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | The Guns of Navarone |
| Followed by | The Last Frontier |
South by Java Head is a novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1958. MacLean's personal experiences in the Royal Navy during World War II provided part of the basis for the story.
Plot introduction
The shattered city of Singapore is surrendering to the advancing Japs. Picking their way through the smoking rubble towards the quay are a struggling party of refugees - soldiers, nurses and civilians. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins an ordeal few are to survive, a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japs, the unrelenting tropical sun and by the survivors themselves, whose hatred and bitterness divides them one against the other. - from back cover of 1961 Fontana edition
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