My favorite Ishiguro. But I should add that it is slow and very strange and probably not for everyone.
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Marcus Low rated The Secret History: 3 stars
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college …
Marcus Low rated The Goldfinch: 4 stars

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel …
Marcus Low rated The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea: 3 stars

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by 三島由紀夫, Yukio Mishima
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who …
Marcus Low rated 10:04: 4 stars

10:04 by Ben Lerner
"A beautiful and utterly original novel about making art, love, and children during the twilight of an empire Ben Lerner's …
Marcus Low reviewed The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
Marcus Low rated The Glass Kingdom: 4 stars
Marcus Low rated The Narrow Road to the Deep North: 4 stars
Marcus Low rated Means of ascent: 4 stars

Means of ascent by Robert A. Caro (The Years of Lyndon Johnson ;)
Marcus Low rated Our Man: 4 stars
Marcus Low rated The Searcher: 3 stars

The Searcher by Tana French
A spellbinding, propulsive new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who "is in a class by herself." (The New York …
Marcus Low rated The Woman in the Dunes: 4 stars
Marcus Low rated Interior Chinatown: 4 stars

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Every day, …
Marcus Low rated Leave the World Behind: 3 stars

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life …
Marcus Low rated Double vision: 4 stars

Pat Barker: Double vision (2003, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Double vision by Pat Barker
Profoundly affected by the events of September 11th and its aftermath, two British journalists return to England to face different …