When We Were Orphans: A Novel
 

When We Were Orphans: A Novel (Vintage International)

by Kazuo Ishiguro

From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Remains of the Day comes this stunning work of soaring imagination.

Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him... (read more)

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