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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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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
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
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.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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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Great Book - really held my interest
Really enjoyed this book. Moved at a fast pace, and the style of writing switching between their flights of fancy and reality made it an interesting read. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Louise Mathema
A Great Read
For sheer page-turning pleasure this book is hard to beat: I didn't really know what to expect from the cover when I picked it up, but found myself devouring it in a couple of... Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2006 by cerisetanya
Cunning
If you like great storytelling with a twist in its tail then The Amnesia Clinic is the book for you. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2006 by Adam Anteater
Amnesia Clinic - a novel to remember
'The Amnesia Clinic' is a novel not easily forgotten. Catching the sounds and smells of Ecuador and its people, indigenous as well as Hispanic, James Scudamore's excellent debut... Read more
Published on 21 April 2006 by S. J. Pardoe
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