One of Endo's most unusual and powerful novels is set largely in a modern hospital, with themes and scenes that eerily seem to predate "Never Let Me Go" A jaded businessman has a chance encounter with the doctor son of his best friend at school, Ozu, and memories are stirred of a former love interest of Ozu's, Aiko. The son of his friend proves to be contemptuous of the outmoded values of his father's world and ruthless in pursuit of success at his hospital. The story reaches a terrible climax when Aiko, now a middle-aged cancer-sufferer, is admitted to the hospital and Ozu leads the way in experimenting on her with dangerous drugs.
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Used availability for Shusaku Endo's When I Whistle
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April 1979 : UK Hardback
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October 2011 : UK Paperback
December 1992 : UK Paperback
October 1980 : UK Paperback
August 1980 : USA Paperback
August 1980 : USA Paperback

Title: When I Whistle
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ISBN: 0-8008-8243-1 / 978-0-8008-8243-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Taplinger Pub Co
Availability: Amazon UK
1980 : Mass Market Paperback

Title: When I Whistle
Author(s): Shusaku Endo
ISBN: 480530457X / 978-4805304570
Publisher: Tuttle Books
Availability: Amazon