Gai-Jin
by:
James Clavell (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417712342 (1417712341)
Publish date: April 3rd 1994
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Thriller,
Japan,
Japanese Literature
Series: Asian Saga (#3)
i wonder if there is some academic thesis somewhere on "the attempt to repeat a formula." an obvious repeat of the Shogun mix, Gai-Jin falls short, being neither great, sweeping, nor stunningly novel, yet for true Clavell fans, the book is 1000 pages of more adventures in Japan for the Japanophile, ...