One friend has guessed wrong with the first set of clues.
(I am not going to post the correct answer on the blog. After all I want to promote the book!)(and this is a bit unfair since this was uncovered in research for the book.)
The book takes place during the Second World War in Singapore before the fall of the city to the Japanese, a POW camp on the River Kwai and during the subsequent war crimes trials.The characters/stories
One story with one character does take place during the Second World War.
The second story with the second character takes place five years after the end of the Second World War.
The third story takes place many years later as the third character is about to retire.
The actor was nominated for academy awards three times.
The actor was nominated but did not win for one of the roles in the riddle.
I'm a Toronto-based writer, photographer, web producer, television producer, journalist and teacher. I'm author of five books, the latest A River Kwai Story: The Sonkrai Tribunal. The Garret tree is my blog on the writing life including my progress on my next book (which will be announced here some time in the coming months) My second blog, the Wampo, Nieke and Sonkrai follows the slow progress of my freelanced model railway based on my research on the Burma Thailand Railway (which is why it isn't updated that often) The Creative Guide to Research, based on my book published in 2000 is basically an archive of news, information and hints for both the online and the shoe-leather" researcher. (Google has taken over everything but there are still good hints there)
A River Kwai Story The Sonkrai Tribunal |
The Garret Tree That tree can be seen outside the window of this garret. An original photograph, filtered by a Photo Shop plug-in called India Ink. |