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Noble House : en roman om Hongkong (1981)

av James Clavell

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Serier: The Asian Saga (5)

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2,982374,594 (4)55
"The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes--fire, flood, landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong--the heart of Asia--rich in every trade ... money, flesh, opium, power"--Page 4 of cover.… (mer)
  1. 30
    Tai-Pan av James Clavell (Crozier)
  2. 20
    Gai-jin av James Clavell (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: Written after Noble House but taking place before, describes the origin of "Hag" Struan and ties in the Shogun storyline; best read first, if it's not too late!
  3. 10
    The thistle and the jade: A celebration of 150 years of Jardine, Matheson & Co av Maggie Keswick (Crozier)
  4. 00
    Det kinesiska pusslet av Anthony Morton (benfulton)
    benfulton: The two books share interesting insights on Hong Kong politics.
  5. 11
    Jardine Matheson: Traders of the Far East av Robert Blake (Crozier)
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First time reading this classic in the Asia series by James Clavell. It took me a very long nine months to really get into the book. I'd start and restart - mostly pausing because of the vast number of characters. A white board is needed to keep track of them all. Over (a long) time however, the story becomes engrossing. Clavell packs a life-time of events into a ten-day period - which is the period of which this book takes place. I've never been to Hong Kong, but this seemed a reasonable description of the mix of Chinese and British cultures (at least in 1963). Good, enjoyable read overall. ( )
  starkravingmad | Oct 11, 2023 |
Every few years, I pull out my copy of Noble House and sit down for a reread of one of my favorite books. The story takes place during one week in 1963 in Hong Kong when it was still run by the British. It is essentially a Chinese city, and the British living there understand that, while it's also a hub in Asia for other great powers like the United States, Russia, and China.
The main protagonist is Ian Dunross, tai-pan of the Noble House (the commercial side of Struan's). Ian is a descendant of Dirk Struan, the pirate and founder of the Noble House, and there are many references back to the previous books in the Asian Saga. It's probably not necessary to read them to understand this book, but knowing them does lead to better enjoyment here. I like all the Easter eggs for Shogun and stories about the Hag, Dirk, and Tyler Brock.
The central premise of the plot is the American company Par-Con that comes to make a deal with either Struan's or their main rival, Rothwell-Gornt (the descendants of Tyler Brock). Linc Bartlett and his CFO Casey Tcholok are raiders, determined to get into the Asian market with whoever profits them most. Events are hampered by gun-running, fires, kidnappings, drug-running, spies, and more characters than I can name. The action moves quickly and there is a lot packed into every day. I've read this book several times, and I was still on the edge of my seat with all the villains, the plotting and the politics, all mixed in with actual events of the time. There's still resentment and scars from World War II, the US is gradually getting into the Viet Nam war, and spy scandals like Profumo rock Britain. At the center of it all is Hong Kong, the hub of commerce in Asia and a focus of the great powers of the time.
As I stated, there are a lot of characters. Mr. Clavell does a wonderful job of differentiating them by personality and culture. I find that some of the most interesting parts of the story. Women are just getting into the business world though not treated equally, and even less so by cultures. It's a long book and covers so much, but is never boring or slow. I'll pick it up again in a few years, but right now I highly recommend a read. ( )
  N.W.Moors | Dec 15, 2022 |
What a great read. Still remember how I enjoyed reading it and even some of the characters. Here's what I wrote after reading in 1984: "Hong Kong in 1960. One week filled with British, the Chinese, the Americans, and Russians. Millionaires, smugglers, spies, lovers. Who will taipan of Nable House at week's end? Linc? Casey? Duness? Gornt?" The American businesswoman, Casey, was inspirational (not because of how she was but that she was a successful, global traveling, business woman). Turns out that the novel mirrors many real life people, organizations, and occurences (names changed, though). ( )
  MGADMJK | Oct 28, 2021 |
HONG KONG,1963.O AR PARECE IMPREGNADO PELO CHEIRO DE DINHEIRO EA LUTA POPR ELE PENETRA EM TODAS AS CAMADAS .A CASA NOBRE, O MAIS ANTIGO ESTABELECIMENTO COMERCIAL DA COLONIA ,ATRAVESSA GRAVE CRISE FINANCEIRA.
  bibmunmirim | Jun 17, 2021 |
Just a potboiler of a good time. Be careful it’s over a 1000 pages but you’ll not want it to end. ( )
  klandring | Nov 4, 2020 |
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Dit is natuurlijk een roman. De mensen en maatschappijen, die erin voorkomen zijn denkbeeldig en er worden geen toespelingen gemaakt op personen of maatschappijen, die nu of in het verleden iets met Hongkong of Azië te maken hebben of hebben gehad.
Ik wil me verontschuldigen tegenover alle Hongkong yan - alle mensen uit Hongkong - voor het feit dat ik met de plattegrond van hun stad heb geknoeid, voor het feit dat ik mensen, plaatsen, straten, maatschappijen en gebeurtenissen heb verzonnen die, naar ik hoop, levensecht lijken, maar die nooit bestaan hebben omdat dit zuiver een verhaal is...
Of course this is a novel. It is peopled with imaginary persons and companies and no reference to any person or company that was, or is, part of Hong Kong or Asia is intended.
I would also like to apologize at once to all Hong Kong yan—all Hong Kong persons—for rearranging their beautiful city, for taking incidents out of context, for inventing people and places and streets and companies and incidents that, hopefully, may appear to have existed but have never existed, for this, truly, is a story. . . .
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I would like to offer this work as a tribute to Her Britannic Majesty, Elizabeth II, to the people of Her Crown Colony of Hong Kong—and perdition to their enemies.
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His name was Ian Dunross and in the torrential rain he drove his old MG sports car cautiously around the corner into Dirk's Street that skirted the Struan Building on the waterfront of Hong Kong.
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