New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Similar to his masterful novel 'The Remains of the Day", this is a deceptively straightforward story of an English boy, born in Singapore in the early years of the 20th century , orphaned at the age of 9 when his parents mysteriously disappeared, who returns there many years later to solve the mystery of their disappearance. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-375-410546.