Tomorrow Im Dead
How a 17-Year-Old Killing Field Survivor Became the Cambodian Freedom Armys Greatest Soldier

Aside from the writing style, (one must keep in mind that English was not his first language) Yom's story of survival and heroism is laudable. He provides a raw and vivid account of his experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime. Through his storytelling, one cannot help but notice how humble and kind......more

The book is very staccato and awkward which wasn't helped by the reader. Understanding that it was written by a Cambodian makes that part easy to forgive but still a little odd to listen to. Overall the book was good. I had to take breaks from it because of the reality of the violence and horror that......more

This is a hard sort of book to "like." It is, however, a story that clearly needs to be told. While it is in the not too distant past, this genocide is rarely mentioned, and needs to receive far more attention than it does. It does give a good job relaying the horror of this time period by someone t......more

He was a better freedom fighter than writer. But still, crazy story.......more

A great story of the "killing fields" I loved this story. A 17 year old, separated from his parents as the Khmer Rouge advanced through Cambodia. He survives through a positive attitude, sometimes pure luck the genocide of Pol Pot's teenage "soldiers". In the first-person account, Bun Yom talks throug......more