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James Clavell's novel King Rat is largely based on the author's experiences as:
a. a Royal Navy officer stationed in Australia
b. a Japanese POW interned in Singapore
c. an author living in Hong Kong
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James Clavell

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born

October 10, 1924

died

September 07, 1994

gender

male

place of birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

genre

Literature & Fiction

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James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell was a British novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II hero and POW. Clavell is best known for his epic Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations, along with such films as The Great Escape and To Sir, with Love.

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books by James Clavell

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avg rating: 4.07 | 7054 ratings | 25 distinct works

	Shogun (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 4.30 — 2767 ratings — published 1975 26 editions	my rating:
	Tai-Pan (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 4.03 — 1042 ratings — published 1966 22 editions	my rating:
	King Rat (Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 3.89 — 750 ratings — published 1999 16 editions	my rating:
	Noble House (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 3.98 — 708 ratings — published 1981 16 editions	my rating:
	Gai-Jin (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 3.60 — 552 ratings — published 1993 16 editions	my rating:
	Whirlwind (Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 3.50 — 277 ratings — published 1999 9 editions	my rating:
	The Children's Story (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 4.23 — 98 ratings — published 1981 6 editions	my rating:
	James Clavell - His Three Epic Novels: Shogun, Tai-Pan, and King Rat (Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 4.60 — 20 ratings — published 1980 2 editions	my rating:
	Thrump-O-Moto (Hardcover) by James Clavell avg rating 4.16 — 19 ratings — published 1986 3 editions	my rating:
	Escape (Mass Market Paperback) by James Clavell avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 1999 4 editions	my rating:

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quotes by James Clavell

""The scarcity of years does not necessitate lack of wisdom.""
— James Clavell

tags: king, rat

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"Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will change that. Today you are alive and here and honored and blessed with good fortune. Look at this suset, it's beautiful, neh? This sunset exists. Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. Please look. It is so beautiful and it will never happen ever again, never, not this sunset, never in all infinity. Lose yourself in it, make yourself one with nature and do not worry about karma, yours, mine, or that of the village. "
— James Clavell

tags: how-to-live

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