King Rat (1962 novel)
 King Rat is a 1962 novel by James Clavell. Set during World War II Clavell's literary debut describes the struggle for survival of British Australian Dutch New Zealand and American prisoners of war in a Japanese camp in Singapore—a description informed by Clavell's own three-year experience as a prisoner in the notorious Changi Prison camp. One of the major characters Peter Marlowe is based upon Clavell's younger self.