Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go was a 'deeply dismaying' novel. I wish I’d been more simply and loudly a cheerleader for such an obvious masterpiece

Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go has sold millions of copies and been translated into 50 languages.

The award-winning novel was published in 1986 and has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide.

The judges were unable to decide who would win the Man Booker Prize in 2005 .

Never Let Me Go is Ishiguro ’s best-read work, having rapidly overtaken The Remains of the Day , published 16 years earlier .

It is widely studied in schools and universities, and has been adapted for television, theatre and a 2010 film by Alex Garland starring Carey Mulligan , Keira Knightley , and Andrew Garfield .

Never Let Me Go: 20th Anniversary Edition Kazuo Ishiguro is 20th anniversary edition.

The novel has been hugely popular since it was published in Japan .

Ishigur: "There’s a surface quietness to my books. But for me, they’re not quiet books".