James Clavell's Whirlwind, Volume 2

James Clavell

W. Morrow, 1986 - Fiction - 1147 pages

During the tumultuous days just after the Shah's departure from Iran, Andrew Gavallan, managing director of a British-run helicopter company secretly controlled by the Noble House of Hong Kong, faces financial ruin until he devises a desperate plan

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Andrew Gavallan, based in Scotland, runs a helicopter company operating in Iran during the Shah's reign. When Khomeini comes to power, Gavallan must get his pilots and their families, and his valuable ...

About the author

Screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist, James Clavell, was born on October 10, 1924, in Sydney, Australia. Clavell's full name was Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle. Though he wrote screenplays for such highly-acclaimed films as The Fly, The Great Escape, and To Sir With Love, Clavell is best known for his best-selling, grand novels. The novels, which are set in the Far East, include King Rat, Tai-pan, Shogun, Noble House, and Gai-Jin. Remarkable for their scrupulous attention to cultural detail and their innovative plots, Clavell's work has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. Clavell died on September 7, 1994, at the age of 69.

Bibliographic information

• Title: James Clavell's Whirlwind, Volume 2; Asian saga, James Clavell
• Author: James Clavell
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: W. Morrow, 1986
• ISBN: 0688066631, 9780688066635
• Length: 1147 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General