The Independent - London, September 9th, 1994
James du Maresq Clavell, writer, scriptwriter, film director and producer: born Sydney 10 October 1924; married 1953 April Stride (two daughters); died Vevey, Switzerland 6 September 1994.
JAMES CLAVELL claimed that his novels - rarely under 1,000 pages - were never plotted in advance. He would start writing and follow the story wherever it went, often expressing surprise in his interviews at twists in the plot which he said came as much of a surprise to him as to the reader.
"Check or you're dead" was one of the rules at Changi, the jail where Clavell spent four years of the Second World Wa...
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