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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

ISBN: 9780679731726
Release Date: 01 Jan 1753
Average rating: (read by 102 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

A compelling portrait of the perfect English butler, who, at the end of his career in postwar England, reviews his life and secretly questions the "greatness" of the nobleman he served. This Booker Prize-winning novel is now a Merchant-Ivory film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.

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	stuinwolves
	Rated it 2 months ago

moves along slowly and beautifully. A read it in on a beach in Ibiza.

	jcesar4
	Rated it 6 months ago

One of my favorite Isihiguro novels. The characters are very realistically drawn, and their flaws make them all the more compelling. The author really distills a huge theme (submission to authority/group think) into one man's own life choices.

	kathleen129
	Rated it 6 months ago

One of my favorite books ever. Very moving.

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