When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans, A Man Booker Prize Nominee (2000), Is Set In 1930s England, Where Christopher Banks Has Risen To Fame As The Country's Most Renowned Detective. His High-profile Cases Are The Talk Of London, Yet One Unsolved Mystery Has Always Haunted Him: The Disappearance Of His Parents In Old Shanghai When He Was A Child. As The World Edges Closer To War, Banks Realizes It Is Time To Return To Shanghai And Confront The Past In Search Of Answers. This Gripping Novel Moves Between The Inter-war Landscapes Of London And Shanghai, Exploring Themes Of Memory, Mystery, And The Profound Influence Of Childhood Perceptions On Adult Life.