A story cycle exploring ideas of love, music and the passing of time, from the piazzas of Italy to the floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel. Was a }Sunday Times{ bestseller in HB, while Ishiguro has sold over 2 million copies of his books with Faber. 'The unity of }Nocturnes{ is plain. It is a unity of tone - regretful, memory-laden and full of astonishing quality that is made to seem, somehow, routine' Brian Appleyard, }Sunday Times{