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King Rat: The Fourth Novel of the Asian Saga
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
King Rat: The Fourth Novel of the Asian Saga
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) James Clavell
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Series | The Asian Saga |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | War and combat fiction Historical fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780340750681
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Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Illustrations |
None
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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Imprint |
Hodder Paperback
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Publication Date |
1 July 1999 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness simply to survive Changi. And then there was King.
Author Biography
James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN. He later became a successful film maker producing
Reviews'A splendidly exciting and original story' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Terrifyingly exciting suspense' -- Ian Fleming 'KING RAT is the best novel in English to have come out of Japanese prisoner of war camps ... James Clavell is a teller of stories. They are complicated and exciting, and you are desperate to know what will happen to his characters because they are like the people you know from your own life and experience, set in strange and sometimes terrible circumstances' -- John Simpson
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