The Open Cage by Daniel Start

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The Open Cage by Daniel Start

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In this true story, Dan Start relives the events of his captivity in Indonesia where he was taken hostage with four other British scientists, two of whom were murdered in a desperate bid for freedom.

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The Open Cage by Daniel Start

In January 1996 four young British scientists were taken hostage by Papuan tribesmen in the remote mountainous province of Irian Jaya. Swept up in the rebels' violent political struggle against the Indonesian military, they learned to admire and respect their captors and grew to fear the government forces that would become their only hope for survival. Daniel Start gives a personal account of the terrors of jungle captivity as well as the inhospitable beauty of the landscape and the gentle spirituality of the Papuans. "The Open Cage" is a tale of a forced journey through mountainous forests and makeshift prison camps, and of a desperate escape from captors whose peaceful nature has been turned by the forces of war to hatred and murder.
'Dan Start has a rare story to tellThat he has relived his nightmare with such clarity and brought to it such understanding suggests that we have here the emergence of someone special.' Benedict Allen 'A mixture of reportage and descriptive writing that has the flavour of a novel. The author has succeeded in portraying his personal nightmare, yet at the same time describing the environment in which he was held hostage with the eye of a natural writer.' The Times
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ISBN 13 9780006530091
ISBN 10 0006530095
Title The Open Cage
Author Daniel Start
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1998-05-05
Number of pages 356
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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