The Memory Police -- Yoko Ogawa, Paperback Mase It has the halo of

It has the halo of an instant classic

Alexander weaves together memories of his past to try and understand his greatest love: his daughters

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The Memory Police -- Yoko Ogawa, Paperback Mase It has the halo ofFinalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book Award A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor. On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are