Stacy W. (rockintwinmom) reviewed on
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Is what happened in our childhood really what happened? Are our parents and other adults in our childhood really who we imagined them to be? And what does one make of a life's work when memory fails and the truth emerges in unexpected ways? These are the questions that face Ishiguro's protagonist Christopher Banks, a celebrated London detective, when he returns to Shanghai in the 1930's to solve the crime of his parents' kidnappings over twenty years prior, which happened when he was ten years old.
The story is winding, but not slow. The characters are complex, but Ishiguro makes them so with subtle images and few words, so the reader is not bogged down in tedious details or dialogue. The plot has many interesting turns at the end so one ends up with a curious feeling at the end much as Mr. Banks does, each of us wondering what might have been.
This is a good mystery for those of us who don't particularly like mysteries, but rather savor a tale well told with characters who possess heart and soul.
The story is winding, but not slow. The characters are complex, but Ishiguro makes them so with subtle images and few words, so the reader is not bogged down in tedious details or dialogue. The plot has many interesting turns at the end so one ends up with a curious feeling at the end much as Mr. Banks does, each of us wondering what might have been.
This is a good mystery for those of us who don't particularly like mysteries, but rather savor a tale well told with characters who possess heart and soul.
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