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  <title><![CDATA[Gai-Jin]]></title>
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  <default-description>In the Japan of the 1860s, Malcolm Struan, the heir to the title   of Tai-Pan within the Nobel House, meets a young French woman who will   alter his destiny and the entire family legacy. Reprint. &lt;i&gt;NYT. PW.   &lt;/i&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1993</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Gai-Jin</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Clavell]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 29 22:41:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 29 23:22:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Repetitive and unoriginal, especially when considered as part of the &quot;Asian Saga.&quot;  Don't read this if you have any basic understanding of Japanese history, have read any of Clavell's other books, or if you care about grammatical accuracy and vaguely unique characterization and dialogue.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41258448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42100080">
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like suspenseful books.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[No one.  I read the other Noble House series]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 09:58:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I was cleaning my book shelves over the holidays, I discovered this wonderful book by James Clavell about the British in Japan in 1862.  It is a suspenseful book with a stress that learning the language of the culture is a must.  There are geisha girls, samurai soldiers, the British, French, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42100080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39871341">
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 09:57:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 10:59:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent sequil to Noble House.  Another thick book that kept my attention and interest.  It picks up where Noble House left off and covers the same families and rivalries.<br/><br/>Excellent.  I remember I bought it in hard cover as soon as it came out - I had waited over 10 yrs for the sequil.]]></body>
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    <review id="62411527">
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    <name><![CDATA[Squidbandit]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[West Hartford, CT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 06 18:37:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 06 18:41:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite taking place entirely in Japan at a very interesting time in history, this turned out to be my least favorite Clavell novel.  Well, I have yet to read Whirlwind.  The story just wasn't as compelling, but the cultural accuracy was still there.  A fine read, but not as good as others.]]></body>
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    <review id="65674288">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 31 11:48:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 11:52:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Fills in a little of the big time void between Taipan and King Rat. Not as good as either, but still follows the characters. Kind of wraps up Taipan after the death of Dirk Struan by following his son to Japan for more adventure and cutthroat mercantilism.]]></body>
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    <review id="39084563">
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    <location><![CDATA[Daejeon, Korea, Republic of]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 01 21:43:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 01 21:46:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!  Outstanding characters and intrigue, a glimse of life in the first British settlement in Japan.  Builds on the other two books, with the same characters and history.  Perhaps not as exciting, but a great read none the less.]]></body>
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    <review id="57927917">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 31 00:36:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 31 00:38:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Utter crap　of the worst sort, like Bear and Dragon, chosen for its length alone. Full of the most facile stereotypes and misguided ideas of chivalry. Not even a decent bodice-ripper. Completely unredeemable.]]></body>
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    <review id="18015919">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dennis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santiago, Chile]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes a little Danielle Steel with their imperialism ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 18 10:05:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 18 10:11:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the last book that James Clavell wrote in this series and thank God he's dead or I'd have had to kill him myself for wasting my time with this.  And it's not like he was stingy with words as it took me 1500 pages of this garbage to realize that nothing was ever going to happen.  By now, Jam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18015919">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76468983">
  <user id="2901740">
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 02 07:30:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 02 07:32:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned that James clavell has a way of overwhelming you with wonderful little details and action so that you can't stop reading, but there is always more.]]></body>
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    <review id="8536646">
  <user id="408356">
    <name><![CDATA[Craig]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 01 16:28:21 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 01 16:33:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one of Clavell's best in this series, having read all of them this is pretty much a boiler plate that follows the mood, but not the flavor of the other earlier works.  I read my way through all of this series, missing this one, in the early 80’s and picked this up a few months ago.  His earlie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8536646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53801738">
  <user id="2246873">
    <name><![CDATA[Ian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 24 00:22:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 00:24:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps drags on a bit bringing things together.  But a good story nonetheless.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53801738?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="43523590">
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 19:00:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 18 19:00:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gai-Jin by James Clavell (1994)]]></body>
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    <review id="37928703">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was actually disappointing.  Probably, its just me.  I always compare Clavell's works with his masterpiece, Shogun.  Gai-Jin does not have the elements that I saw in Shogun.  Gai-Jin has few historical and cultural information and it does not have a definite plot.  I felt I need to read it becaus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37928703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54636202">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fiction]]></body>
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    <review id="8384752">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sky]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jan 13 05:51:00 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is part of a bigger story as follows:<br/><br/>1. Shogun: Set in feudal Japan, 1600    <br/>2. Tai-Pan: Set in Hong Kong, 1841<br/>3. Gai-Jin: Set in Japan, 1862<br/>4. King Rat: Set in a Japanese POW camp, 1945<br/>5. Noble House: Set in Hong Kong, 1963<br/>6. Whirlwind: Set in Ir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8384752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24479994">
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    <name><![CDATA[Spring]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 14 09:18:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 14 09:22:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Last book written by Clavell. It picks up the story between Tai Pan a Noble House, with the setting taking place back in Japan during the time  wen Japan was being forcefully opened up to foreigners<br/><br/>I do not recommend bringing a five pound hardcover book to basic training, especially when...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24479994">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15164206">
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    <name><![CDATA[Young]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 11 12:29:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 11 12:32:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love all of James Clavell's books, except this one.  I couldn't get through the first half of the book.  For me, capturing interest within the first chapter is important, otherwise, I just can't seem to finish a book.  So, considering that and the fact that I actually tried to get half way through...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15164206">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7138379">
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    <name><![CDATA[Harmony]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book I would have never picked up to read on my own, but my boyfriend recommended it, so I gave it a shot.  I haven't read any of the other books in the series, so I can't compare them, but I actually really, really enjoyed this book.    It's really fast paced and the characters and settin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7138379">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Takes place in Japan in 1863. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This follows Dirk's (hero of Tai-Pan) son Cullum &amp; his wife. I didn't like it nearly as well as any of his other books.  If you like the series (Shogun, Tai-Pan) then read this once as the background helps a lot for &quot;Nobel House&quot;.  &quot;Shogun&quot; references are also in here.  Clavell d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33248419">more...</a>]]></body>
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