![]() ![]() Things tend to disappear overnight and the islanders wake up with a vague awareness that something has gone. There is no warning of a new disappearance or any announcement. Lighthouses, books, maps and calendars are among the objects that have been made to “disappear”. The lives of its inhabitants are controlled by an unknown force that causes objects to disappear. ![]() The novel is set on an unamed island somewhere in the world (there are hints of Asia but this is never made explicit). ![]() The last book I’d read by Yogo Ogawa – Revenge – was disturbing and strange but The Memory Police is in another league all together. The Memory Police qualifies as the most unsettling novel I’ve read this year. ![]()
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