<p><b>The extraordinary new novel from the author of <i>Never Let Me Go</i> and the Booker PrizeÂ-winning <i>The Remains of the Day</i></b><br> <br>The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. But at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased.<br><i><br>The Buried Giant</i> begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other-worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.<br><br>Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.</p>