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Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger

By Kazuo Ishiguro
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Available to pre-order now "At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief." London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter with the mysterious Miss Lambert. Determined to defend her from the apparently hostile forces closing in, he pursues... Read More
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From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, an exquisite entertainment in which nothing is quite as it seems.

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, an exquisite entertainment in which nothing is quite as it seems.

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"At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief."

London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter with the mysterious Miss Lambert.

Determined to defend her from the apparently hostile forces closing in, he pursues Miss Lambert to a grand hotel deep in the English countryside, then onto a train bound for Scotland.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571403578

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 March 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Export - ANZ & India local print only

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize and have been translated into over fifty languages. Ishiguro's screenplay for Living received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations in 2022. Film adaptations of his novels include The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, A Pale View of Hills and the forthcoming Klara and the Sun.

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