Editing James Clavell (section)

===Peter Marlowe===
Peter Marlowe is Clavell's [[author surrogate]]<ref name="Bernstein"/> and a character of the novels ''King Rat'' and ''Noble House'' (1981); he is also mentioned once (as a friend of Andrew Gavallan's) in ''[[Whirlwind (novel)|Whirlwind]]'' (1986). Featured most prominently in ''King Rat'', Marlowe is an English [[Far East Prisoners of War|prisoner of war]] in [[Changi Prison]] during World War II. In ''Noble House'', set two decades later, he is a novelist researching a book about Hong Kong. Marlowe's ancestors are also mentioned in other Clavell novels.

In ''Noble House'' Marlowe is mentioned as having written a novel about Changi which, although fictionalised, is based on real events (like those in ''King Rat''). When asked which character was based on him, Marlowe answers, "Perhaps I'm not there at all", although in a later scene, he admits he was "the hero, of course".<ref>{{cite book |last=Clavell |first=James |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/390711.Noble_House |title=Noble House |date=1981 |chapter=65}}</ref>