Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro true crime Each of the eight teenage

Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno

He sees the infuriating human rage for order and recognises the meaninglessness of his own existence

and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z

the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us

Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro true crime Each of the eight teenageAn elderly butler is on a five day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.