D J Taylor finds submerged horrors in Trezza Azzopardi's sharp debut, The Hiding Place

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki and raised in the home counties. Likewise, the narrator of his new novel is transplanted from Shanghai to an ultra-English upbringing - years later, a famous detective, he returns to his birthplace to solve the mystery of his past. Ishiguro, famous writer, has not quite managed to do the same thing. Yet...