Mmmm. Very much an illustration of what is going on. A very good book though - I remember being sad when Clavell died as it meant that there would be no more new books. I always enoyed his work.

The film, as I remember, starred George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Denholm Elliott and John Mills. Quite an impressive cast, although it would have been difficult to do real justice to the book. Must try and find it and reread.