{"product_id":"gai-jin","title":"Gai-Jin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the gai-jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. At the head of the Noble House - and heir to the title of Tai-Pan - stands Malcolm Struan, who is determined to become his own man and marry the woman he loves. At the head of the Shogunate party is the Lord Yoshi, a direct descendant of Shogun Toranaga, who shares all of his ancestor's cunning and ambition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A passionate portrait of suffering . . . a strange and gripping tale of a nation's deflowerment' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241248739672,"sku":"9780340766170","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780340766170_8386dc6c-289d-4ad5-a26a-7960c83bc429.jpg?v=1779425116","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gai-jin","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}