I haven't read King Rat in years, but from what I recall, it is about a POW in a Japanese POW camp during WWII. It was a very short book, especially when you consider Clavell's usual monster sized novels, and I almost didn't read it because it was so short.At the time I read King Rat, I was into reading epic sized books. Shogun, Roots, Aztec, etc, so that one was barely a few hours worth of reading, but even all these years later, I still remember that the book was pretty brutal. I've never re-read it for that reason. Maybe I should. 

So, anyway, that was my thrill for the month of November.