<strong>The Unconsoled</strong> is at once a gripping psychological mystery a wicked satire ofthe cult of art and a poignant character study of a man whose publ... » 

The Unconsoled is at once a gripping psychological mystery a wicked satire ofthe cult of art and a poignant character study of a man whose public life hasaccelerated beyond his control. The setting is a nameless Central European citywhere Ryder a renowned pianist has come to give the most importantperformance of his life. Instead he finds himself diverted on a series ofcryptic and infuriating errands that nevertheless provide him with vital cluesto his own past. In The Unconsoled Ishiguro creates a work that is itself avirtuoso performance strange haunting and resonant with humanity and wit.A work of great interest and originality.... Ishiguro has mapped out anaesthetic territory that is all his own...frankly fantastic and fiercer andfunnier than before.The New Yorker «