![]() ![]() ![]() Clavell is a prominent member of a special California tribe known as the "Hollywood Brits," a group of displaced Englishmen who have made the Los Angeles area their home but have constructed their own tight little society to replace their original "tight little island." ![]() ![]() Clavell laughs during an interview in the Japan Society here, overlooking a lovely Japanese garden as a traditionally gowned Japanese woman serves us. "Please, don't call it a mini-series," Mr. In addition, Dell is also publishing "The Making of James Clavell's 'Shogun,'" a $10 Delta trade paperback to coincide with the TV mini-series. Clavell delights in every aspect of his astounding success.īesides the 1975 original best-selling novel in hard cover, Dell is issuing a 2.5-million-copy tie-in edition, having already sold more than a million copies.Ī 2 1/2-hour theatrical version, filmed at the same time as the 10- to 12 -hour TV version, will be released in Japan and the rest of the world some time soon, to be followed by a foreign TV version. James Clavell's "Shogun" is more than a book and a TV mini-series (now airing on NBC) about 17th-century Japan, it is an industry in itself. ![]()
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