The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him -- oblivious, for instance, of the fact that his aristocrat employer is a Nazi sympathizer. Still, there are even larger matters at stake in this heartbreaking, pitch-perfect novel -- namely, Stevens' own ability to allow some bit of life-affirming love into his tightly repressed existence.

Quite an unusual book - I think I liked it :)

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Took it down to Melbourne to read and left it at my mums house. She will probably take it along to book club to give to someone else :)

read this at Book club,will release at morning tea.