Written by
James Clavell in 1976.
Tells the story of an
English sailor marooned in feudal
Japan (circa 1600), separated from his crew, and trained in the ways of Japan by that region's
daimyo. Absolutely
epic, weighing in at more than 1000 pages. A great introduction into the complicated
Japanese culture and politics of that era.
I got more out of reading
Shogun than the entire "Introduction to Japanese Culture" class I took as an elective in
college.