James Clavell's Gai-jin

By James Clavell

Book Overview

The dynamic epic novel of political upheaval and societal change in late 1800s Japan, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James ClavellThis epic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• ISBN: B0012IAMSY
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Dell
• Weight: 4.97 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great, captivating read.

This is a long read, but keep up. What kept me reading was the depth of each character...one time incredibly innocent, then cunningly evil.

FANTASITIC!

This wonderful read is absolutely engrossing and gorgeous instyle. It intcludes war, sex, betrayal, love, death, life....Everything you could want in a book. It is NOT as good as SHOGUN or TAI-PAN, but it is the next best book. I also recommend THE POWER OF ONE, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, IT (king), A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, and OF MICE AND MEN.

Chilling and death Defying

Awsome, there was a fate crawling behind every corner, many characters, good choice of words, makes you feel like you are there, it was one of the best books I've read in a long time.

The Asian Saga continues. Another superb effort by Clavell!

Hold onto your hat! James Clavell has done it again. After "Shogun" and "Tai-Pan," one has to wonder how he could come close to a better effort, but in "Gai-Jin," he's done it. Action that begins right in the first pages never lets up. This book is exteremely well written, the characters well developed, and all eventually tied together in a remarkable climax that will shock even the reader accustomed to Clavell's writing. The story of the Struan family continues with young Malcolm, the next in line to be Tai-Pan after the death of his father in "Tai-Pan," and Angelique, the object of his affections and his mother Tess's objections. Clavell takes the reader all over Japan, including right into Osaka castle and conflict with the Japanese, with more drama and suspense than one could hope for. "Gai-Jin," set around 1865, not only gives the reader an insight into 19th century Japan, as the Shogunate era is approaching its end (in 1868), but it also ties in the stories of "Shogun" and "Tai-Pan" with references back to characters and events from those books. I would recommend reading those two first, then take on Gai-Jin; it all makes for sense that way. If you can't wait to get into it, though, go ahead -- Clavell has not made Gai-Jin dependent on the others.