The Remains of the Day
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereDuring the summer of 1956, Stevens, the aging butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely motoring holiday that will take him deep into the heart of the English countryside and thence into his past…..Read More
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