false 6334 42 From the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>The Remains of the Day </i>comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special—and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, <i>Never Let Me Go </i>is another classic by the author of <i>The Remains of the Day</i> 1499998 2005 Never Let Me Go total:14933|5:107|4:151|3:146|2:52|1:19| 14933 54454 20993 2647 5 54 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 13:35:50 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 16:38:01 -0800 2007 1984 is that it is science fiction. As a piece of l...more...]]> 1 25 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 02 09:51:10 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 18:53:50 -0700 2007 Never Let Me Go being great for book clubs because it will generate a lot of discussion.

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Ok...this book is incredibly creepy and it's really hard to imagine it was written by the same author who wrote The Remains of the Day. Anyhow, taking place in rural En...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed May 30 15:46:57 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 12:07:39 -0700 2007
I thought Wood was spot-on in his review:

...For it is most powerful when most allegorical, and its allegorical power has to do with its picture of ordinary human life as in fact a culture of death. That is to say, Ishigur...more...]]> 5 5 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:32:46 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:57:04 -0700 2009 Never Let Me Go is one of those. There is not a single thing wrong with this book. Ishiguro is a master craftsman and it shows here.

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I remember thinking of this book as brilliantly crafted, but "disturbing". Gripping, though, definitely gripping. ]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 15:58:42 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 22:14:39 -0700 2008 more...]]>