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• fuzztester · Jul 2, 2024 · Recommends

  The novel called Taipan, by James Clavell, is quite interesting, IMO. He also wrote the novel Shogun, which I didn't enjoy as much. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai-Pan_(novel) Shogun is about Japan in the Samurai period…

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• fuzztester · Aug 7, 2024 · Recommends

  Fiction: Taipan, by James Clavell The Navigator, by Morris West Non-fiction: The Upanishads (not a single book, but a bunch of them) The Bhagavad Gita

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• kyzyl · Sep 15, 2013 · Recommends

  …into movies (Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, The Big Bounce) with mixed results, but I do I highly recommend reading the books, which are numerous. For a different sort of fiction, James Clavell's Shogun, Taipan, and Noble House are great. In fact, Noble House very well be my favorite book. It's a long (~1400 page) book about business dealings, political intrigue, and more. All set in the context of 1963 Hong…

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• vram22 · Mar 27, 2017 · Recommends

  Read that years ago. Some good lessons in it. Another one on similar lines is Taipan by James Clavell. Also King Rat by Clavell.

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• kyzyl · Sep 17, 2013 · Recommends

  Yeah the Asian Saga includes King Rat, Shogun, Noble House, Taipan as well as Gai-gin, The Whirlwind. They're all pretty good books but I believe Taipan, Noble House and Shogun are considered Clavell's best work, in that order (personally I like Noble House best). Thanks…

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