"Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him fame has done little to illuminate the circumstances of his parents' alleged kidnappings. Banks travels to the seething, labyrinthine city of his memory in hopes of solving the mystery of his own, painful past, only to find that war is ravaging Shanghai beyond recognition-and that his own recollections are proving as difficult to trust as the people around him."

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Thanks kirst040 for sending to me - will read and then make a journal entry.

Enjoyed this novel as one of three read by same author for my book club book and once again he uses the narrator and their memories in a clever way to make an interesting yet understated read.

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