In one novel by this writer, Mr. Brodsky's drunkenness obliges him to use an ironing board as a crutch to reach his conductor's podium. In another of his novels, the protagonist watches his father inspecting the steps where he dropped a tray as if to find a "precious jewel." That protagonist of his drives across the country to find a woman now named Mrs. Benn. In the former novel, this author wrote of an amnesiac pianist preparing to perform in an unnamed European town. The protagonist of the latter novel by this man ev
In one novel by this writer, Mr. Brodsky's drunkenness obliges him to use an ironing board as a crutch to reach his conductor's podium. In another of his novels, the protagonist watches his father inspecting the steps where he dropped a tray as if to find a "precious jewel." That protagonist of his drives across the country to find a woman now named Mrs. Benn. In the former novel, this author wrote of an amnesiac pianist preparing to perform in an unnamed European town. The protagonist of the latter novel by this man eventually acknowledges Oswald Mosley's influence over his former employer, Lord Darlington. For 10 points, name this ethnically Japanese British novelist of The Unconsoled and The Remains of the Day.
In one novel by this writer, Mr. Brodsky's drunkenness obliges him to use an ironing board as a crutch to reach his conductor's podium.