Never Let Me Go

I'm currently reading Kazuo Ishiguro's brilliant 2005 novel Never Let Me Go. On the surface it's a story about Kathy and her recollections of her childhood at Hailsham, an English boarding school located in the countryside. But within her recollections lurk the true meaning of her existence and her experiences.

It's a transcendent novel and an astonishingly powerful work of literature. The pace is slow and the details seem trivial, but patient readers will be rewarded for their efforts with a thought-provoking exposition on whose life is worth living and who, if anyone, has the right to set the terms and conditions.