A review by mworrell
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day has a lot of what draws me to the movie Howard's End, and the character of Henry Wilcox, who I find both attractive and repulsive. It's that same horrible british sensibility. Appalling, but appealing. Everything in its rightful place. I suppose for a USian like me, it is a bit of a fetish. Or a fascination. I wasn't surprised to see the movie adaptation has the same main duo as Howard's End, and I'm looking forward to watching it. Anyway. I like how unreliable the butler is as a narrator. You begin to see that he's not being quite truthful about himself, his employer, and his relationship with Miss Kenton. I liked this book quite a lot.