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The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are the days of high from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes -- fire, flood, and landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trade... money, flesh, opium, power.
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Grave, classical in form, relentless and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- James Clavell
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 1174
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Dell, Coronet
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780736648660
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“The police officer was leaning against one corner of the information counter watching the tall Eurasian without watching him.”
James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; October 10, 1924 – September 6, 1994) was an Australian-born British author, screenwriter, and director, best known for his *Asian Saga* consisting of 6 novels, including the critically acclaimed [*Shōgun*][2] (1975). This epic historical novel, inspired by the story of English navigator William Adams, explores cultural clashes and survival in feudal Japan. It became an international bestseller and has been adapted twice for television: first as a groundbreaking NBC miniseries in 1980 and more recently in 2024 as a critically praised FX/Hulu series. Clavell’s experiences as a World War II prisoner of war in a Japanese camp deeply influence
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