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Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. In yokohama, the gaijin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. James clavell 19241994 was a british author of historical fiction, screenwriter and director. Changi was set like a pearl on the eastern tip of singapore island, iridescent under the b. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in japaneseoccupied territory.
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The asian saga is a series of six novels written by james clavell between 1962 and 1993. Here, within the seething mass of humanity, one man, an american corporal, seeks dominance over both captives and captors alike. One of the three major characters, peter marlowe, is. Set during world war ii, the novel describes the struggle for survival of american, australian, british, dutch, and new zealander prisoners of war in a japanese camp in singapore. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 368 pages and is. With powerful, neverbeforepublished material from the original manuscript, here for the first time is the complete, uncut edition of king rat, the fourth novel in james clavell s bestselling asian saga. The epic novel of war and survival the asian saga book. He is best known for his epic asian saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with screenplays for such films as the great escape, the fly, and to sir, with love.
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