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Dec 29, 2011
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I have a friend who absolutely loathes stories that have moral ambiguity in them. She would hate King Rat with a passion, because the whole thing rests on the simple question of "what would you do in this situation?" The King, an American corporal who has survived the POW camp at Changi better than most due to cunning, dealing and luck, makes plenty of morally ambiguous choices. He gets others to go along with him in most of his schemes. They may not like the King, but he gets extra supplies and
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Book Three in the Asian saga. Corruption, fear and despair among prisoners in a Singapore prison camp in WWII. The story ties in with Clavell's other books. The "king rat" gambles, runs the black market and breeds rats for food.
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