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To quote a certain director, i may have gone too far in a few places. Mar 31, 2017 james clavell, born charles edmund dumaresq clavell was a british later naturalized american novelist, screenwriter, director and world war ii veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell also authored such screenplays as those for the fly. Clavell was a world war ii veteran and was a japanese pow experiences he borrowed upon in his career as a novelist most notably in king rat.
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