In Kazuo Ishiguro's fifth novel, Christopher Banks is an English boy growing up in Shanghai. His parents disappear and are eventually presumed dead, and Christopher is raised in England by an aunt. As an adult, he becomes a prominent detective who returns to Shanghai to try to find out what happened ...
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A rich, unloved woman given to dangerous fantasies, Eva Trout attracts trouble. In this social comedy, Elizabeth Bowen creates one of her most memorable characters.
Freddie Montgomery returns to his native Ireland after years of irresponsible expatriate living. On a whim, he steals a painting from the home of a friend, and in the course of the theft he commits a senseless murder. This novel constitutes Freddie's ambiguous confession.