When We Were Orphans：A Novel

FromtheBookerPrize-winning,bestsellingauthorofRemainsoftheDaycomesthisstunningworkofsoaringimagination.Borninearly-twentieth-centuryShanghai,Bankswasorphanedattheageofnineaftertheseparatedisappearancesofhisparents.Now,morethantwentyyearslater,heisacelebratedfigureinLondonsociety;yettheinvestigativeexpertisethathasgarneredhimfamehasdonelittletoilluminatethecircumstancesofhisparents'allegedkidnappings.Bankstravelstotheseething,labyrinthinecityofhismemoryinhopesofsolvingthemysteryofhisown,painfulpast,onlytofindthatwarisravagingShanghaibeyondrecognition-andthathisownrecollectionsareprovingasdifficulttotrustasthepeoplearoundhim.Masterful,suspensefulandpsychologicallyacute,WhenWeWereOrphansoffersaprofoundmeditationontheshiftingqualityofmemory,andthepossibilityofavengingone’spast.