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'"How to Forget" is a genuinely funny romp through some of the darker areas of the human mind and some of the more life-threatening areas of mentalism and magic. An engaging and good-hearted read.'
--A.L. Kennedy
'A funny, clever and twisted tale of grifters and con tricks with a bit of magic thrown in for good measure...it's a joy to read and each time I picked it up I found myself smiling...If you are looking for a funny, but intelligent and highly original story, this is a great choice.' --The Bookbag
'A fast-paced, complex adventure story...How To Forget has some of the cleverest plot twists I've come across...I'll certainly be thinking about it for a long time to come. Recommended.'
--Farm Lane Books
--A.L. Kennedy
'A funny, clever and twisted tale of grifters and con tricks with a bit of magic thrown in for good measure...it's a joy to read and each time I picked it up I found myself smiling...If you are looking for a funny, but intelligent and highly original story, this is a great choice.' --The Bookbag
'A fast-paced, complex adventure story...How To Forget has some of the cleverest plot twists I've come across...I'll certainly be thinking about it for a long time to come. Recommended.'
--Farm Lane Books
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Mesmeric storytelling of memory, magic and misdirection
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is an extremely clever and funny novel. Peter is a magician and the hero of our story. His life turns on a pivotal moment, when a childrens birthday party went hysterically and horribly wrong (I thought it was the funniest part of the book) and he is reduced to entertaining geriatric patients in a care home. There he befriends Cedric, who was once a famous magician himself, and the neuroscientist Dr Tavasligh, who is currently working on memories and Alzheimer's patients. Cedric is the father of Kate, a con artist, who is on the FBI's most wanted page and being pursued by Agent Brown - an agent with a personal vendetta.
Dr Tavasligh sees Peter as his perfect patient - a man who can replace his past. Peter's story is narrated by Tavasligh, as a way of preserving his old life, and Peter's life is about to get a whole lot more interesting. When Peter meets Kate, he sees the daughter who abandoned her father and she sees a life that she cannot remember. As Kate is forced to flee, again, Peter finds himself also on the run and, quite frankly, having the time of his life. But what of his nemesis, the TV charlatan Titus Black? The boy who ruined Peter's life and is now a famous and successful star? Can Kate help him wreak revenge and can they trust each other enough to pull it off - will Peter win for once?
There follows an amazing chase, with many funny and wonderful characters. Titus Black, the smarmy TV personality and his two sidekicks, a kind of Jewish Ronnie and Reggie Kray double act; Agent Brown, always hot on the trail, and Peter and Kate trying to evade capture and come out on top. The book is extremely clever, with a fast paced plot and wonderful dialogue, plus so many brilliant one liners you will be unable to stop yourself laughing out loud. A real winner for a feel good read and wonderfully written. Excellent book, which I really enjoyed and highly recommend.
Dr Tavasligh sees Peter as his perfect patient - a man who can replace his past. Peter's story is narrated by Tavasligh, as a way of preserving his old life, and Peter's life is about to get a whole lot more interesting. When Peter meets Kate, he sees the daughter who abandoned her father and she sees a life that she cannot remember. As Kate is forced to flee, again, Peter finds himself also on the run and, quite frankly, having the time of his life. But what of his nemesis, the TV charlatan Titus Black? The boy who ruined Peter's life and is now a famous and successful star? Can Kate help him wreak revenge and can they trust each other enough to pull it off - will Peter win for once?
There follows an amazing chase, with many funny and wonderful characters. Titus Black, the smarmy TV personality and his two sidekicks, a kind of Jewish Ronnie and Reggie Kray double act; Agent Brown, always hot on the trail, and Peter and Kate trying to evade capture and come out on top. The book is extremely clever, with a fast paced plot and wonderful dialogue, plus so many brilliant one liners you will be unable to stop yourself laughing out loud. A real winner for a feel good read and wonderfully written. Excellent book, which I really enjoyed and highly recommend.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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You've got to stay alert while reading How to Forget; ironically, you also need a good memory, because there's a multitude of twists and turns, sudden changes of direction, shifting identities and aliases as you follow the clever, crude and utterly compelling tale of poor Peter, aka Mr Magicov, entertainer to the elderly, whose life was ruined in a disastrous and hilarious child molestation case, orchestrated by the monstrous Titus, now a celebrity illusionist in the Derren Brown mould.
The story follows Peter's struggles to forget his agonising past and make a new life, a struggle pushed to dizzy new heights (and very much against Peter's will), by self-obsessed con-artist Kate, on the run from her own nemesis, the obsessive and sociopathically vicious FBI Agent Brown. I don't think it gives too much away to say the tale ends with a delicious double twist in which practically everyone gets their just deserts.
The 'academic' inserts seemed a tad intrusive, interrupting, as they did, an otherwise fast-moving, page-turning narrative. I feel they would have worked better if they could have been somehow woven into the story, rather than as ever-more distracting `case-notes'. I did find myself skimming them a little, as the plot became ever more compelling.
How to Forget is a terrific story with brilliantly worked characters and an intelligent, fast-moving plot. One of the best novels I've read this year and very highly recommended indeed.
The story follows Peter's struggles to forget his agonising past and make a new life, a struggle pushed to dizzy new heights (and very much against Peter's will), by self-obsessed con-artist Kate, on the run from her own nemesis, the obsessive and sociopathically vicious FBI Agent Brown. I don't think it gives too much away to say the tale ends with a delicious double twist in which practically everyone gets their just deserts.
The 'academic' inserts seemed a tad intrusive, interrupting, as they did, an otherwise fast-moving, page-turning narrative. I feel they would have worked better if they could have been somehow woven into the story, rather than as ever-more distracting `case-notes'. I did find myself skimming them a little, as the plot became ever more compelling.
How to Forget is a terrific story with brilliantly worked characters and an intelligent, fast-moving plot. One of the best novels I've read this year and very highly recommended indeed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book really draws you in - I don't want to tell you the story, because I don't want to spoil it for you. Don't read anything about the content beforehand - just discover it as you read! As the book begins, various stories intertwine and leave you really wanting to know more. As you read on, the stories start to connect to each other and you start to feel like you are getting to understand more and more what is happening. And then it all speeds up into a fast-paced, action-packed thriller. Towards the end I really couldn't put it down. It's not an original structure for a novel, but the subject matter makes it original and unusual - and I found it really fascinating. The themes of memory, truth and trust run through the whole book. There are some times when you need to 'suspend your disbelief' and just go with it, and there were a few things that didn't quite ring true, but I don't want to nitpick. I thought this was a brilliant book and I really enjoyed it.
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