num_pages: 313
description: England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. This book tells a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.
language: English
title: When We Were Orphans
titlecomplete: When We Were Orphans
characters: Sir Cecil Medhurst, Mr Grayson, Aldra, Lady Beaton, Mr Lin, Wang Ku, Mr Banks, Mr MacDonald, Diana Banks, Colonel Chamberlain, Anthony Morgan, Sarah Hemmings, James Osbourne, Christopher Banks, Akira, Etsuko, Inspector Kung, Uncle Philip, Mei Li, Miss Givens, Jennifer
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, China, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 39194
places: Shanghai, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Faber & Faber