The Amnesiac

A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction Hailed asaone to watch a by the UKas Telegraph Sam Taylor is one of the mostimaginative and i... » 

A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction Hailed asaone to watch a by the UKas Telegraph Sam Taylor is one of the mostimaginative and innovative young writers at work today. With The Amnesiachis United States debut he incorporates a murder mystery and a forgottenmanuscript into an exhilarating and intelligent novel. When twentynineyearold James Purdew returns to England from his home in Amsterdam it is todiscover what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannotrecall. What he finds in an old house with a tragic history is a nineteenthcentury manuscript that begins to seem less and less like a work of fictionaandmore like the key to his own lost past. Memory and amnesia fiction andreality destiny and randomness heaven and hellaall converge to form anengrossing gothic story that is sure to appeal to fans of Carlos Ruiz ZafonasThe Shadow of the Wind «