James Clavell
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.14 | 32029 Users | 835 Reviews
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| Original Title: | King Rat |
| ISBN: | 0385333765 (ISBN13: 9780385333764) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Asian Saga: Chronological Order #4, Asian Saga: Publication Order #1 |
| Setting: | Singapore,1945 |
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The time is World War II. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in Japanese-occupied territory. Here, within the seething mass of humanity, one man, an American corporal, seeks dominance over both captives and captors alike. His weapons are human courage, unblinking understanding of human weaknesses, and total willingness to exploit every opportunity to enlarge his power and corrupt or destroy anyone who stands in his path.Identify Out Of Books King Rat (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #4)
| Title | : | King Rat (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #4) |
| Author | : | James Clavell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | May 19th 2009 by Delta (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Classics |
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Clavell is better known for his later Shogun and other Japanese history novels, but this earlier novel about the lives of Americans and British POWs in a Japanese prisoner of war camp is a classic. The title character is an American with a true gift for survival in the underground economy of the camp, and the book raises many questions about what the most ethical road is to take in an impossible moral situation.This was Clavells first novel, and it shows a little bit. A step or two below Shogun and Taipan, but thats an awfully high bar to set. Loosely based off of Clavells personal experiences in Changi POW camp during WWII, King Rat is slower paced than you might expect. Nevertheless, it is entertaining with solid character development. The conclusion is a bit muted and surprisingly introspective, but I think Clavell was looking for an accurate depiction of his experiences in Changi, rather than a
I thought his novel was just fantastic! (However, the entire saga of the King and the diamond was a lot of build up for a lot of nothing in the end, wasn't it?)
The book surprised me. I thought it was about how the Japanese persecuted their POWs on Singapore.But the Japanese had little to do in the book. It was about how Americans, Australian and British POWs interacted, traded, . treated each other and survived imprisonment. Wonder how much of this was based on fact.
A Novel about prisoners of war in Asia that was wonderfully narrated.
Changi was set like a pearl on the eastern tip of Singapore Island, iridescent under the bowl of tropical skies. It stood on a slight rise and around it was a belt of green, and farther off the green gave way to the blue-green seas and the seas to infinity of horizon. This beautiful opening line is like a promise of fantastic adventure, exotic trip, it evokes some delightful place, a mystery island you always dreamt about but it is anything but it. Changi was the inhuman Japanese camp for the
King Rat by James Clavell. "And in no time at all they were arguing and swearing and no one was listening and each had a very firm opinion and each opinion was right". Clavell's debut novel based loosely on his own life spent in Japanese prisoner of war camp Changi, Story centres around 2 fictional characters an American "King" who is a very successful black marketeer, and British RAF pilot Peter Marlowe whose language skills forthrightness endears him to King. Story is basically of these two
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