Pierre Boulle was born in 1912 at Avignon. Boulle spent the Second World War fighting in Yunnan, Calcutta and Indo-Chine, where he was captured by the Japanese. After the war he lived in Malaya, the Cameroons and, finally, Paris, where he settled until his death in 1994.
Genres: Science Fiction
Novels
The Photographer (1947)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1954)
Into the Glory (1955)
aka Spy Converted / William Conrad
Face of a Hero (1956)
Saving Face (1956)
The Test (1957)
Other Side of the Coin (1958)
Walt Disney's Siam (1958)
Sophia (1959)
A Noble Profession (1960)
aka For a Noble Cause
The Executioner (1961)
The Chinese Executioner (1962)
Planet of the Apes (1963)
aka Monkey Planet
Garden on the Moon (1964)
Impartial Eye (1968)
Because It Is Absurd (on Earth As It Is in Heaven) (1971)
Desperate Games (1971)
Ears of the Jungle (1972)
The Virtues of Hell (1974)
The Falklands Whale (1983)
aka The Whale of the Victoria Cross
Sacrilege in Malaya (1983)
Mirrors of the Sun (1986)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1954)
Into the Glory (1955)
aka Spy Converted / William Conrad
Face of a Hero (1956)
Saving Face (1956)
The Test (1957)
Other Side of the Coin (1958)
Walt Disney's Siam (1958)
Sophia (1959)
A Noble Profession (1960)
aka For a Noble Cause
The Executioner (1961)
The Chinese Executioner (1962)
Planet of the Apes (1963)
aka Monkey Planet
Garden on the Moon (1964)
Impartial Eye (1968)
Because It Is Absurd (on Earth As It Is in Heaven) (1971)
Desperate Games (1971)
Ears of the Jungle (1972)
The Virtues of Hell (1974)
The Falklands Whale (1983)
aka The Whale of the Victoria Cross
Sacrilege in Malaya (1983)
Mirrors of the Sun (1986)
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