RaveThe Village VoiceThe death sentence that is Hailsham can for much of the book only be read between the lines, and as in Ishiguro’s five previous novels, horror lies in the mundane … A 1984 for the bioengineering age, the novel is a warning and a glimpse into the future whose genius will be recognized as reality catches up … Creating art, the best of which is mysteriously taken by a guardian known as Madame, shows students what they’re like ‘inside’ and prepares them in a small way for their greater sacrifice, even as Madame shows their work to the outside world to prove that clones have souls and deserve an education if not an entire life … The most haunting thing about
