Title: Full of plot holes
Review: I'm guessing that Ishiguro must be on some kind of medication when he wrote this novel. The prose and narration, while top notch, could not compensate for the numerous glaring plot holes.Reading this novel requires one to suspend his disbelief at the events unfolding. The most glaring one is how the protaganist, the renowned detective Christopher Banks, returned to Shanghai after 20 years, to find his missing parents, and for some reason, believes that they are still holed up in a slum house. He also stumbled upon his childhood friend after 20 years, Akira, in a war zone. These, and the way many other things come together for Banks strains credulity.The bright spots in the novel is the little girl Jennifer who is adopted by Banks. Unfortunately, even this lone bright spot was only expanded on until the end of the novel.
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