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Book Review  When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro 
This book is the fictional story of Christopher Banks.  It begins in London 1930 where the hero is a celebrated detective who is part of the upper middle class social circle.  He reminisces about his schooldays, there is a mystery in his past which he needs to solve, the disappearance of his parents when he was a small boy in Shanghai.  The book is written in the present but going back to different times in the past as his memory is sparked off by current events. In my opinion this is difficult to do well but I thought Ishiguro did it brilliantly and I never got in a muddle or forgot where I had got to as I often do.  I found it enthralling and was quite desperate to get to the end where for once I was not disappointed even though I read it so quickly I missed the full meaning of an important event.  It evokes the bewilderment and sadness due to the loss of his parents for a small boy and the psychological and emotional consequences which affect him throughout his life.
I shall read this book again and others by the same author, which I would probably never have done had I not been introduced to his works by the Book Club.
I should point out though that my views were not shared by everyone with some readers not finishing the book at all which gave rise to an interesting meeting.  HC