Asian Saga: Whirlwind (Series #6) (CD-Audio)

from HadriantheBlind

Pretty good historical fiction that I plowed through, despite the mammoth size. A bit hard to follow in some places.

from mikedraper

With his lengthy books and complex plots, James Clavell could have set the standard to which Tom Clancy took to the next level. In "Whirlwind" Clavell sets his story in 1979 at the start of the Iranian revolution. The country is in a life or death struggle after the Shah has left. As the story op...

from beatbox32

After completing this novel, I have now read two James Clavell works. I first read Shogun about 9 years ago and found it completely engrossing. I must admit, I had a hard time recalling that feeling for the first couple hundred pages of Whirlwind, and I didn't have much sympathy, one way or the o...

from santhony

James Clavell extends his Asian saga to revolutionary Iran. Not quite up to the standards of Shogun or Noble House, but a worthy effort nonetheless.

from CasSprout

Outstanding story of an unseen side of the Iran war.