The Amnesia Clinic by James Scudamore Paperback

The Amnesia Clinic by James Scudamore Penguin Paperback Edition, 293 pages Format 5.5"x8.4" Fiction The Amnesia Clinic is a gripping and powerful novel set in Quito, Ecuador, about storytelling and imagination, the loss of innocence and the shortcomings of reality: Anti, a quict English boy, strikes up a friendship with a lamboyant local classmate, Fabiấn, and before long, the relationship between them becomes one conducted almost entirely through the medium of storytelling. Deeply troubled by his parents' death and desperate to believe that his mother may still be alive, Fabian becomes obsessed with one of their fabrications: a bizarre hospital on the coast for patients with memory loss. As their grip on reality grows increasingly tenuous, the boys embark on a quixotic voyage across Ecuador in search of an "amnesia clinic" that may or may not exist. "Like his characters, he is a fast, funny, efficient storyteller .. This story is tough to forget. Publisbers Weekly "Compulsively readable ...Lively yet lyrical ...Both his characters and the electrifying manner in which Scudamore writes about Ecuador demonstrate the appeal as well as the danger of any fabulist's capacity for wonder." Literary Review In excellent pre-owned condition - the only use is me reading it. Will be shipped the next business day. Smoke and pet free home.