The asian saga series written by author james clavell has a total of 6 novels published between the years 1962 and 1993. In 2018 we dont understand the significance of the book. Powerful and engrossing, king rat artfully weaves the authors own world war ii prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. Clavells story of pows in a brutal japanese camp is brilliantly narrated by david case. Listen online or offline with android, ios, web, chromecast. See more ideas about my books, books and book authors.
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King rat takes us to changi, a japanese prison camp during world war 2, where british and american. Fiction, historical fiction, japanese prisoners and prisons, prisoners and prisons. The beginning of clavell s truly epic series of culture clash novels is a curiously autobiographical book. Although he wrote the screenplays for a number of acclaimed films, including the fly 1958, the great escape 1963, and to sir with love 1967, he is best known for his epic novels in his asian saga.
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