Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.3 / 5.0

A good effort, but .....:

This is the last (chronologically speaking) of Clavell's Asian series that started four centuries ago with "Shogun" and proceeded through "Tai-Pan", "King Rat" and "Noble House" ("Gai-Jin", which takes place earlier, was published after this book). It's a gallant effort that continues the Noble House's business adventures, only this time it's a subsidiary company that provides helicopter operations in Iran at the time Khomeini came to power. The main problem, however, is, at least for me, he genuinely has a... more info

Important part of Noble House saga:

There are several important things to note about Whirlwind: one, it continues the saga of the Noble House, begun back in "Tai-Pan," by showing us some of what's become of Ian Dunross and his clan. Two, chronologically it falls after all the other books in this series, and since Clavell has passed away, this is probably as much of a conclusion as we're likely to get. It provides a "whirlwind" tour of Iran at the start of the Revolution but prior to the taking of American hostages. While the usual European... more info

Bleh. Just bleh.:

You probably came into Clavell's opus late, reading them in chronological order as opposed to published order. You've found Whirlwind tough to find, unlike all the others. There's a reason for that. Whirlwind isn't set in Japan or China, and the characters and families we grew to love (and in some cases, hate), aren't the protagonists here. Hence, it sold nowhere near the number of paperbacks as the previous books. Check eBay, a bazillion HC's that nobody bids on, and no PB's.

My advice? Let it go after... more info

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