"The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

NOTE FOR NEW MEMBERS: We tend to sit on the tables near the TV. If you can't see us, please wait at the bar and we will come and show you where we are sitting. Please don't ask the bar staff where we are sitting as they don't know who we are.

Hitchin Book Club invites you to join us for some light hearted discussion. This event is a great introduction to the book club (especially if you have never been to a book club before). We always welcome new members of any level of reading experience.

Book Name: The Remains of the Day
Book Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Genre: Historical Novel
Published: 1989
Word Count: ~72k
Read Time Estimate: 4h50m
Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Start Time: 19:30
End Time: approx 21:30
Location: The Albert Inn, 50 Walsworth Rd, Hitchin SG4 9SU - sitting at one of the tables inside. Any updates to location I will post in comments on the day.

Structure:
- Brief introduction and what you thought about the book
- Discussions based on a set of pre-prepared questions as prompts
- 10 to 15 minute break half-way through, option to join whatsapp group
- Opportunity to ask any questions to the group
- Closing thoughts and provide a rating for book out of 10
- Vote for the next book
- Book club formally ends - feel free to leave or stick around for general conversations

About book (from Goodreads):
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper.