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When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2013

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'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.

Book details

Year
2013
Language
English
Publisher
Faber & Faber, Limited
Editions
30
Pages
320
ISBN
9780571283880

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