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See more about this book on Archive. A classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. February, Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gudrun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who is never without his gun? Only one thing is certain: the rotting tramp steamer is a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT. 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 Japanese, the unrelenting South by Java Head sun and by the survivors themselves, whose hatred and bitterness divides them one against the other. Written after the acclaimed and phenomenally successful HMS Ulysses and The Guns of South by Java Head, this was MacLean's third book, and it contains all the hallmarks of those other two classics. Rich with stunning visual imagery, muscular narrative power, brutality, courage and breathtaking excitement, South by Java Head offers readers a chance to enjoy one of the greatest war novels ever written. Previews available in: English. Add another edition? Learn about the virtual Library Leaders South by Java Head happening this month. South by South by Java Head Head. Alistair MacLean. Want to Read. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries WorldCat. Buy this book Better World Books. Share this book Facebook. Last edited by Clean Up Bot. September 27, History. An edition of South by Java Head This South by Java Head published in by Doubleday in Garden City, N. Written in English — pages. South by Java HeadHarperCollins. Not in Library. South by Java HeadGrafton. South by Java HeadFontana. South by Java HeadCollins. South by Java HeadHeron Books. Cabo de Java. Pako yli Jaavan meren. Checked Out. Times World War Edition Notes Genre Fiction. Classifications Library of Congress PZ4. M So, PR A So. Rodriguez Adventure and Thrillers from Sridhar nishtala. Rodriguez Thrillers I have read from P. Loading Related Books. September 27, Edited by Clean Up Bot. July 31, Edited by ImportBot. July 22, November 23, Edited by Anand Chitipothu. December 10, Created by WorkBot. - The writings and films of Alistair MacLean - South by Java Head

The story is set in Februaryin the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Singapore. As the British stronghold of Singapore falls to the invading Imperial Japanese Armya mixed collection of soldiers, nurses, fleeing civilians, a small boy, and at least one spy attempt to escape the burning city aboard the Kerry Dancera battered freighter manned by a disreputable captain and crew. The Kerry Dancer is crippled by Japanese aircraft, and the refugees are rescued by the Viromaa tanker also fleeing Singapore; however, the Viroma is also sunk by the Japanese, and the survivors take to open boats on the open sea. Led by South by Java Head First Officer John Nicholson, they attempt to flee to safety across the South China Seafacing death by thirst and exposure, typhoons, and pursuit by the relentless Japanese. As tensions South by Java Head in the small boat, Nicholson realizes that they are equally at risk from traitors in their midst. The New York Times said it was "crammed with action and realistically sketched backgrounds but South by Java Head is a patchness about the escapes from tight fixes that makes South by Java Head a less credible chronicle of derring-do than its remarkable predecessors. However the film sale of the project led to the novel's publication. Sydney Boehm would write the script. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. By Alistair MacLean. Lardner, Rex. Alistair MacLean: A Life. Works by Alistair MacLean. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All stub articles. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. First edition UK. World War II Novel. The Guns of Navarone. The Last Frontier. This article about a war novel of the s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Further suggestions might be found on South by Java Head article's talk page. South by Java Head article about a historical novel of the s is a stub. South by Java Head - Wikipedia

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and South by Java Head again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The 50th anniversary edition of this classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. February, Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to South by Java Head to keep The 50th anniversary edition of this classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gudrun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who is never without his gun? Only one thing is certain: the rotting tramp steamer is a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT. 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 Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and by the survivors themselves, whose hatred and bitterness divides them one against the other. Rich with stunning visual imagery, muscular narrative power, brutality, courage and breathtaking excitement, the celebration of the South by Java Head anniversary of South by Java Head offers readers a long-denied chance to enjoy one of the greatest war novels ever written. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published May 6th by HarperCollins first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about South by Java Headplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of South by Java Head. Oct 21, Cphe rated it liked it Shelves: spy, assassinmystery-thrillernavalsuspensewar. Quite enjoyed this part sea faring adventure set during the second world war. A hand full of "survivors" battle insurmountable odds against the might of the South by Java Head when fleeing the fall of Singapore. I enjoyed trying to second guess the motives of many of the characters and was never quite sure who might very well turn out to be the "bad guy". The author did a excellent job of keeping the tension ratcheted throughout. My only negatives that I felt detracted from a rollicking good yarn were the Quite enjoyed this part sea faring adventure set during the second world war. My only negatives that I felt detracted from a rollicking good yarn were the stereotyping of some of the characters. I did feel that the novel itself fell away towards the end and quite defied belief. The delivery of the story wasn't always quite as smooth as I would have liked,i. It seemed to be a "jumpy" delivery in parts. Regardless, I did enjoy the novel and felt that for an action filled novel you really can't go past MacLean in this genre. An Alistair MacLean story I'd not read previously. Excellent, MacLean at his very best. From the first moment, it was a tense, thrilling adventure; a group of British men and women escaping from Singapore during WWII in the face of the Japanese invasion. Going from threat to threat, displaying understated heroism and growth, the characters are interesting and well-presented. I liked the surprises and twists and ultimately the whole story. Its interesting to investigate MacLean's early novels to see the original formulation South by Java Head all the hackneyed narrative conventions and action-cliches that he came to rely on later in his career. That's the main thing I got out of this novel. Some of his works 'Guns of Navarone' have themes latent within them which can be raised to greatness. Most of his novels are simply workmanlike, filled technically Its interesting to investigate MacLean's early novels to see the South by Java Head formulation of all the hackneyed narrative conventions and action-cliches that he came to rely on later in his career. Most of his novels are simply workmanlike, filled technically ingenious heists and commando raids. This book written in 'but written with a WWII sensibility. Strange choice of material for MacLean here, in that he uses rather mundane military forces as the antagonists instead of the obviously fictitious and cozily-abstract 'elite, crack, units' he would always invent later. There are no sophisticated weapons in this novel either; just your standard battle fleets, bayonets, machine-guns, and dive bombers. Its all really rather prosaic. A straightforward war story. Well, almost. There are inevitably a couple of lurid elements--'secret plans on microfilm' and ', tonnes of secret fuel oil' sought by the minions of the Rising Sun. Really, most of the story is about survival on a crowded life-raft. But what I was looking for when I picked up the book--fully-fledged characters and realistic dialog--neither was present. They're not present in the later MacLean career I was disappointed. Instead of three-dimensional personalities, there are circus caricatures. Like the Scots Sergeant-Major who can fell anyone with a massive blow from his club-like fist. Like South by Java Head heroic South by Java Head who gives speeches while tossing grenades, "its nothing, really, all in a day's work". And at least two of the shipwreck survivors are secretly saboteurs. Eric Ambler does all this so much better. South by Java Head distracts the reader from the predictable story goal. MacLean doesn't bother. He telegraphs what the 'macguffin' is at the start of his stories. In this case, microfilm. Still, he gets away with it. Because he's an action writer; and he has a fabulous dexterity at writing his own particular style of action which no one else wants to do. His style is interchangeable no matter what the title of the books are; its uncanny the way he South by Java Head switches anything South by Java Head or tries something new. His male heroes are unique in never needing sleep; possessing fantastic calm even in the wildest chaos; and never questioning themselves no matter what. Its gets very tiring. On its own; nothing very special. A lesser example of his abilities but found quite near the debut of his career. That's what's remarkable. Mar 09, Philip rated it liked it Shelves: southeast-asiafictionair-and-seawar-fictionsurvivalkiss-kiss-bang-bang South by Java Head, world-war-lls. Interesting author, MacLean. He then switched gears and produced a series of six contemporary at their time novels using the sardonic, first person tough-guy style for which he is perhaps best remembered for better or worse. From there, it was back to the third person for his next four books, all relative classics including the excellent Ice Station Zebr Interesting author, MacLean. From there, it was back to the third South by Java Head for his next four books, all relative classics including the excellent Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Darealong with his only sequel and last World War II story, Force 10 From Navarone. So Java Head is pretty early MacLean, and it shows. I mainly wanted to read this because it is set - or at least starts out and too quickly leaves - in Singapore, my current home, and because there is such a dearth of good Singapore war stories the South by Java Head other one that comes to mind being King RatJames Clavell's first book. But South by Java Head than that, there isn't a whole lot to particularly recommend this book. It's not at all bad, but it is dated and just not particularly memorable.