When We Were Orphans

Author(s): Kazuo Ishiguro

Fiction

England, 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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780571225408
  • : Faber and Faber
  • : Faber and Faber
  • : 01 March 2005
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kazuo Ishiguro
  • : Paperback
  • : 2
  • : 823
  • : 320
  • : Modern fiction