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Description for King Rat
Paperback. The completely uncut edition of James Clavell's classic KING RAT, in fresh new packaging for a new generation of readers Series: The Asian Saga. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
The Asian Saga
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340750681
SKU
V9780340750681
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-34
About James Clavell
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. ... Read more
Reviews for King Rat
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more