Ishiguro is a brilliant novelist as anyone who has read 'remains of the day' will know. This is typical of the novelist's innovative approach to story telling, adopting a fantasy genre style whilst embedding it in a distorted historical context. It will affect you depending on your circumstances. As a married 70 year old I found it at times mesmerising although I can understand why some might find it confusing and uninteresting. The last chapter is one of the most moving pieces of writing I have read.