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Book Review of Sayonara

Sayonara
Sayonara
Author: James A. Michener
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Hardcover
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In this book you will find a revival of several themes from Tales of the South Pacific updated to the days of the Korean Police Action. A private and a Major (an ace pilot) are trapped in doomed relationships with Japanese girls: relationships frowned upon by the military and Japanese authority. The real tragedy strikes to the heart of a complacent military that mimics a biased, misplaced government policy; one that might also have been part of Yosarians nightmare (see Hellers Catch-22.).