England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.
- ISBN13 9780571225408
- Publish Date 3 March 2005 (first published 3 April 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English