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Article: THE UNCONSOLED, by Kazuo Ishiguro; Knopf (534 pages, $25).(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 4, 1995
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Travelers' advisory: If you ever find yourself in the lobby of the hotel that is the setting for much of Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and cruel new novel, turn smartly, stride out the front door, hail a cab and head for the airport and the first flight home. Do not entrust your bag to the windy old porter, Gustav. Do not be lured by the hotel's dark paneling, the oily courtesy of the reception clerk or even by the insistence of Hoffman, the manager, that ``if one were to stand up, lengthways, end to end, all the used mattresses we throw out during five financial years, one would be able to make a line along our main street starting at the civic chambers, going right along to ...
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