1993
Ratings6
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings6
Average rating3.7
The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House...the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age...a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire...Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies. Their fates collide in James Clavell's latest masterpiece set in nineteenth-century Japan--an unforgettable epic seething with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions....
Series
6 primary booksAsian Saga: Chronological Order is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by James Clavell.
Series
6 primary booksAsian Saga: Publication Order is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by James Clavell.
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After reading Shogun (a while ago) and Tai-Pan (a shorter while ago) I was not expecting less from Gai-Jin. However, I went into it with as little expectations as possible. If I learned anything from the two previous books is that things can get very complicated very fast and even the most straightforward thing can go seven different ways if not more.
However, I thing Gai-Jin was not as captivating as the other two. It was still very interesting, but not as intriguing. I liked the characters, but I don't have any strong feeling one way or another for either of them. Even so, it was quite fun reading about them and their scheeming.
For such a long book this is all I can say about it. It was a great read, very enjoyable, but not as engaging as the other two.
