A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguros beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past. Paperback , 258 pages Published April 1st 2010 by Faber and Faber (first published 1989)