![]() Ishiguro is extremely highly regarded, a master of his craft, so you know you are in safe hands. When you begin reading Never Let Me Go it’s best if you have absolutely no idea of what to expect. That’ll make it almost exactly twelve years." That sounds long enough, I know, but actually they want me to go on for another eight months, until the end of this year. I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ve been a carer now for over eleven years. But for what reason were they really there? The story’s narrator Kath is now thirty-one and we relive her memories with as she comes to terms with – and accepts – the truth that lies behind their seemingly pleasant childhoods. Here they were sheltered from the outside world and brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. ![]() The three were pupils together at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. It is the story of Kathy and her friends Ruth and Tommy. ![]() ![]() Written using a first-person narrative, viewed through the eyes and thoughts of Kathy, it is Ishiguro’s sixth novel, and was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize (won by The Sea by John Banville). Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro, was first published in 2005 (Faber and Faber, 288 pages). ![]()
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