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The Amnesia Clinic [Paperback]

James Scudamore
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books (Jan 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0156033534
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156033534
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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`slowly builds to a breathtaking ending'
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'Wonderfully vivid'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By SusieH
Format:Paperback
The Amnesia Clinic

Ecuador in the 1990s. Fabian and Anti (Anthony) are great friends. Fabian lives with an exotic uncle, Suarez, and suffers from the dark cloud of a dead father and missing mother - almost certainly dead, but he is not prepared to accept her death. Anti lives with his much less exotic expat family who expect him to turn up to events at the British Embassy whenever required, and who are now planning to send him to boarding school in England.

Fabian fantasises about the whereabouts of his missing mother, and his fantasies get wilder. The boys skip school, with the necessary forged excuse notes, to go and find her, Fabian believing that this might actually be possible, Anti going along for the adventure. And indeed it is an adventure, with crazy characters met en route, and different modes of transport.

This is definitely a page turner - all the time you want to know what will happen next - each time they put themselves into danger you wonder how they will get out, or even whether they will get out.

Highly recommended
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fabulous book, a really assured debut. I was dying to get my teeth into it, as I went on an extended holiday in Ecuador a few years ago and fell in love with the place. I was not disappointed. This book captures some of its magic. It's extremely well written, with fully formed characters (who I didn't necessarily always like) and has a really cool take on the whole nature of story itself. The ending shocked me, and made me cry, and at the same time I was left wondering what had really happened. I love the way the writer plays with language and storytelling. I think storytelling is what books should be about and that it often gets neglected for the sake of deeper themes and unusual structures in novels these days. I highly recommend this book, which I believe has also been shortlisted for a couple of prizes.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Jenny
Format:Paperback
I couldn't decide whether this book was aimed at young adults or was pitching for magical realism. I think the author had something important to say but I'm not sure that he managed to say it. Some parts were laboured and over explained, others left unexplored.
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