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When We Were Orphans
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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When We Were Orphans
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Publisher's Summary
England, 1930s: Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy.
Moving between London and Shanghai of the interwar years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-2024
Slow unfolding narrative
The pace of the reader made Ishiguro's novel a delight to listen to. For those who like a measured pace and a slow unfolding narrative.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-02-2020
Beautifully told!
Fantastic! The narrator did a wonderful job in bringing to life another fabulous Ishiguro story.
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- Becca
- 29-12-2016
worth a listen.
not as great as NeverLetMeGo but still i engrossing. Really captured childhood naivety
Why doesn't NLMG available on audible? I had to sign up for another service to listen to it.
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- Jacimac
- 24-10-2019
Set between England and Shanghai during the opium years
An unusual book, you were never quite sure where it was taking you, at times frenetic (like the narrrator) at times almost whimsical.
I suppose it is reflective of the time and place of its setting of which I had known nothing. Confusion seemed to reign.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-2024
idiotic narration
the narrator speaks so ridiculously fast nobody could follow the story.
complete waste of money
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-2017
Well written but story that goes nowhere
Beautiful literary style, but story is bewildering with no meaningful resolution questions left unanswered, so frustrating! Also audiobook is consistently interupted by old fashioned "end side one" notes that must be leftovers from the CD release??
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