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When We Were Orphans

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A detective returns to his birthplace of Shanghai to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his parents 20 years prior. This is a twisting, labyrinthine novel of obsession, memory and forgiveness.

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE * From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go, Klara and the Sun and The Remains of the Day.

England, 1930s. Christopher Banks is the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one mystery haunts him: the disappearance of his parents in old Shanghai when he was a boy. Returning to the labyrinthine city of his memory, Banks seeks answers to his painful past, only to find Shanghai ravaged by wa...

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