Catherine O'Flynn

“I’ve chosen The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro because I have such admiration for it. It could have so dull and unappealing – it’s about a concert pianist who turns up at some unspecified European city to give what appears to be the concert of his life – but as the book moves on you realise there are gaps in his knowledge and his memory. It’s dreamlike, surreal and hilarious. The thing that strikes me about it is that it could have been a very frustrating book – he’s constantly failing to get to place, but instead it’s beautiful and moving.”