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When We Were Orphans
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Summary
'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s.
'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.
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Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 256 pages Β· Hardcover
- By Ishiguro, Kazuo
Details
- ISBN: 9780571203840
- Author: Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Publication date: 3 April 2000
- Condition: Used β Like New
About the authors
Ishiguro, Kazuo and Kazuo Ishiguro Β· Publisher: Faber & Faber Limited
Reviews
In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives; his cases are the talk of London society.

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