A luminous and unforgettable first novel by an astonishing new voice infiction hailed by Esquire magazine as one of Americas best young writers.Samson Greene a ... » 

A luminous and unforgettable first novel by an astonishing new voice infiction hailed by Esquire magazine as one of Americas best young writers.Samson Greene a young and popular professor at Columbia is found wandering inthe Nevada desert. When his wife Anna comes to bring him home she finds aman who remembers nothing not even his own name. The removal of a small braintumor saves his life but his memories beyond the age of twelve are permanentlylost. Here is the story of a keenly intelligent sensitive man returned to alife in which everything is strange and new. An emigrant from his own life setfree from all that once defined him Samson Greene believes he has nothing leftto lose. So when a charismatic scientist asks him to participate in a boldexperiment he agrees. Launched into a turbulent journey that takes him to thefurthest extremes of solitude and intimacy what he gains is nothing short ofthe revelation of what it means to be human. «