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8. and Whirlwind!!!! It is a very exciting book set in Iran around the time of

Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:40 PM

Mar 2024

the Iranian revolution. from Amazon "Whirlwind" is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters. Two of them, both Europeans, have Iranian wives whom they love beyond safety and politics.

https://www.garysvintagebooks.com/product-page/whirlwind-by-james-clavell

Hopefully one of these days this will be made into a limited series. It's too big to just be a movie.

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I'm super psyched for Shogun!! (no spoilers, please!) [View all] Coventina Mar 2024 OP

I think we'll start watching tonight. I'm a big Clavell fan. rsdsharp Mar 2024 #1

I read the book & saw the old mini-series. CrispyQ Mar 2024 #2

I pretty much have the same order of preference, although Whirlwind comes before King Rat yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #9

I didn't know of these titles! CrispyQ Mar 2024 #10

You will love it!! I read Whirlwind in the late 1980s . yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #11

If you've read the book can we really spoil it? Haha Alpeduez21 Mar 2024 #3

Good point, I guess I really didn't think that through! Coventina Mar 2024 #5

Saw the first episode. Wait till you see.. Bobstandard Mar 2024 #4

and Whirlwind!!!! It is a very exciting book set in Iran around the time of yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #8

The new Shogun... GiqueCee Mar 2024 #6

I have read all of Clavell's books and loved every one of them yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #7

Big fan so far. pecosbob Mar 2024 #12