Books written by James Clavell

Whirlwind

a young officer said in good English. “What're you doing here?” “I'm Captain. . . I'm Captain McIver, Duncan. . . Duncan McIver, I'm walking home from my office, and. .. and my flat's the other side of the park, around the next corner.
Noble House

Hello, Duncan . . . Duncan?” “Father?” “Hello, my son, are you all right?” “Oh yes, sir, absolutely!” he heard his son say and his anxiety fled. “I'm sorry to call you during the working day, Father, but my Monday flight's overbooked ...
Escape

'Rudi, Pop Kelly and Sandor are en route from Bahrain—they refuelled at Abu Dhabi and we're in contact with them—John Hogg's our relay station— their ETA here's in twenty minutes. Johnny Hogg'll be in your area about now and he'll be ...
James Clavell's Gai-Jin: A Novel of Japan

For a time they drank in silence and then the food arrived, small dishes of broiled fish, rice, sushi and sashimi, and a Portuguese dish called tempura-fish and vegetables dipped in rice flour ... Raiko says their ways are so GAI-J IN 297.
Johnny Got His Gun

A powerful narrative which exposes the brutalities and useless suffering caused by war.
The Children's Story: A Collection of Stories

It was a simple incident in the life of James Clavell—a talk with his young daughter just home from school—that inspired this chilling tale of what could happen in twenty-five quietly devastating minutes.
Gai-Jin

In the closed society of Japan in 1862, a bitter battle for commercial supremacy rages between the Struan and Brock trading houses.
Gai-Jin

The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and ...
James Clavell's Gai-jin: a novel of Japan

In the closed society of Japan in 1862, a bitter battle for commercial supremacy rages between the Struan and Brock trading houses.
Tai-Pan

Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, “grand entertainment...packed with action...with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder.” East and West ...
James Clavell's Whirlwind

James Clavell's Whirlwind
Tai-Pan

Praise for Tai-Pan “Unforgettable.”—Chicago Tribune “[James] Clavell is, as always, a matchless tale-spinner.”—Cosmopolitan “Every five or six years there appears on the horizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, ...
Noble House: The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong

The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes—fire, flood, landslide.
Noble House

Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People's Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house in a torrid atmosphere of easy money, smuggled guns, and natural disaster
James Clavell's Thrump-o-moto: A Fantasy

When a tiny wizard whisks seven-year-old Patricia and her crutches from her home in Australia to Japan, she encounters his family, an evil ghoul, and the hope of a magic cure for her physical handicap.
Escape

Threaded throughout master storyteller James Clavell's novel Whirlwind much like a shimmering strand of silk woven through an elaborate Persian carpet, is the love story of two people from different backgrounds.
Tai-Pan: A Novel of Hong Kong

Dick Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong. Reissue.
Shōgun: A Novel of Japan

An explorer in seventeenth-century Japan, ambitious Englishman Blackthorne encounters the powerful and power-hungry Lord Toranaga and Catholic convert Lady Mariko. Reissue.
Gai-jin: bind

Med udgangspunkt i et kaotisk og korrupt Japan år 1862 skildres de engelske, franske, prøjsiske og russiske gai-jin (fremmedes) bestræbelser på at udnytte det splittede lands ressourcer til egen kommerciel fordel.
King Rat

Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author’s 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.