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King Rat
Asian Saga Book 2
Book 2 of the Asian Saga series.In a squalid Japanese prison camp in Singapore, young RAF officer Peter Marlowe is drawn into the schemes of an American corporal known as the King. Their uneasy partnership tests class loyalties, morality, and the brutal economics of survival.
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In a squalid Japanese prison camp in Singapore, young RAF officer Peter Marlowe is drawn into the schemes of an American corporal known as the King. Their uneasy partnership tests class loyalties, morality, and the brutal economics of survival.
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King Rat by James Clavell stands out as a high-interest title with strong recommendation value.
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King Rat is linked to Part of the Asian Saga series as book 2..
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A good next step after King Rat is Tai-Pan, Shōgun, Shogun.
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King Rat was published in 1962.