The Remains of the Day. Kazuo Ishiguro. Faber and Faber Publishing. May 1989. 258 pages. Source: Audio Library
Plot: In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper.
My thoughts: I really enjoyed this laid back story of the life of a butler as the end of an era was coming to a close. I like to read books set in England and about the history of England even if it is fiction.
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