THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (Kazuo Ishiguro) - April 9/18

I ultimately did enjoy this quite a bit, but I do feel like the story is occasionally bogged down with details I didn't care about (eg page after page of political discussions). Even this aspect eventually made sense, admittedly, and I wasn't expecting such a downbeat conclusion - although, by that same token, Ishiguro's hands-off style ensured that it wasn't nearly as emotionally devastating as I might've expected. *** out of ****