Changi for me — of course it's easy to be wise after the ev… - James Clavell

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Changi for me — of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event — was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.

James Clavell

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James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian World War II veteran and POW, who became a novelist, screenwriter and director.

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Birth Name: Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell

Alternative Names: Charles Edmund Dumaresq du Clavelle

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