by James Clavell · Droemer Knaur Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783426006252
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«Rattenkönig» is James Clavell's war novel, published by Droemer Knaur in paperback (383 pages, in German).
During World War II, in a prisoner-of-war camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore, an American corporal tries to dominate both the captives and the captors. The novel blends survival, black market and camaraderie, and shows how power is built from courage and human weaknesses in an extreme environment.
The original novel, King Rat, was published in 1962; this German edition, translated by Walter K. Baumann, belongs to the Asian Saga series and is number 625 in the Knaur-Taschenbücher line.
For readers of historical and war fiction who enjoy portrayals of the human condition in extreme situations.
Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during the Second World War. He is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television and film adaptations.
