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The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989

Medium length, about 258 pages

A butler looks back on a life of duty and wonders what it cost him.

Start here on Novels Won the Booker Prize in 1989. Source: Wikipedia

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  1. What did the butler's sense of duty cost him?
  2. When did you first notice what he wasn't saying?
  3. Is there a kind of loyalty in your own life that you've begun to question?

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