num_pages: 408
description: Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereSet in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, "King Rat" is a heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness simply to survive Changi. And then there was King.
language: English
title: King Rat
titlecomplete: King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
genres: Asia, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Classics, War, Japan, Adventure, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 39084
places: Singapore, Southeast Asia
series: Asian Saga: Publication Order, Asian Saga: Chronological Order
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton