astar reviewed Gai-Jin by James Clavell
None
4 stars
3.5
1291 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1993 by Book Club Associates.
It is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the gai-jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos.
Subjects
- British -- Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction.
- Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.