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Whirlwind
Whirlwind
Author: James Clavell
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ISBN: 61848
Pages: 668
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Publisher: Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
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"A breathtakingly compelling adventure thriller." -- Pittsburgh Press

"Whirlwind is a classic for our time." -- Chicago Sun-Times

This book is a very timely description of the current Mid-east situation and helps explain why our situation there is as it is. It describes the tribalism, religious fanaticism and curruption present in Iraq right now (although Whirlwind takes place in Iran).
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This adventure story is set in revolutionary Iran, between February 9 and March 4, 1979, long before the hostage crisis began.
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From Library Journal
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 helicopters, out of the riot-torn country. Complicating matters is his power struggle with his company's secret owner, the Noble House of Hong Kong. The pilots' escape efforts form the basic story but as usual in a Clavell novel the action sweeps across many lives: lovers, spies, fanatics, revolutionaries, friends and betrayers. British, Finnish, American, and Iranian, all are caught up in a deadly religious and political upheaval. Clavell effectively portrays the chilling and bewildering encounters when Westernized lifestyle clashes with harsh ancient traditions. This novel, the fifth in what he calls his Asian Series ( Noble H o use, King Rat, Tai Pan, Shogun ) is certain to be in much demand. A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington D.C.
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James Clavell is an excellent writer. From Shogun and Noble House, two of my favorites, to Whirlwind. Whereas Noble House weaves its tale around two weeks in Hong Kong, Whirlwind developes its storyline over twenty four days during the war in Afghanistan/Iran after the Shah has left in 1979.


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