num_pages: 375
description: 1st edition paperback, vg++
language: English
title: Empire of the Sun
titlecomplete: Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)
characters: John Graham, Dr. Ransome, Jamie Graham, Mary Graham
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Asia, Japan, China, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 20080
places: China, Shanghai
series: Empire of the Sun
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Guardian Fiction Award, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Panther Granada / Washington Square Press