I've also read 'never let me go' on a plane journey that took about 14 hours so it did make me a bit miserable, but a good story. These days I'm reading 'Half of a yellow sun' and very gripping story where the author has not wasted any words which I saw a lot in Salmon Rushdie's shalimar the clown', which again was a goo story. (shouldn't be reading these I'm supposed to stick to my writing tasks;-)