{"product_id":"gai-jin-by-james-clavell-9780340766170","title":"Gai-Jin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the \u003ci\u003egai-jin\u003c\/i\u003e, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. At the head of the Noble House - and heir to the title of Tai-Pan - stands Malcolm Struan, who is determined to become his own man and marry the woman he loves. At the head of the Shogunate party is the Lord Yoshi, a direct descendant of Shogun Toranaga, who shares all of his ancestor's cunning and ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eA passionate portrait of suffering . . . a strange and gripping tale of a nation's deflowerment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46350068646124,"sku":"9780340766170","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8372593482309.jpg?v=1744177451","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/gai-jin-by-james-clavell-9780340766170","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}