From the inside cover:

GAI-JIN - the long awaited sixth novel in his magnificent Asian Saga.

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 lastest masterpiece set in ninetheenth-century Japan - an unforgettalbe epic seething with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions...

"Engrossing..entertaining... the broad protrait is accurate and as colourful as an ancient Kabuki play." - People

"With great skill and intelligence.. Gai Jin is just the ticket. It has it all: murders, battles, rapes, earthquakes, sword fights, insanely convoluted political intrigues, and innumerable accounts of 'pillowing' with beautiful women." - San Francisco Chronicle

"A grand historical perspective that makes us feel we're understanding how today's Japan cam and complicated action." - New York Times

RELEASE NOTES:

Picked this book up when I dropped a bunch of books off at the OBCZ. :-)

RELEASE NOTES:

I'm just not finding time to read this one. I'm going to release it to let it continue its travels. Hope whomever finds it will enjoy it.