How to Forget

How to Forget

by Marius Brill (Author)

Synopsis

Are there things in your life you would do anything to forget? Peter loves his work in an old people's home on the South Coast where he cheers up patients with Alzheimers. It helps him forget a traumatic childhood experience that has ruined his life. When he meets Dr Tavasligh, a neuropsychologist disgraced after a scientific experiement on a patient with Alzheimers went diastrously wrong, they become unlikely friends. But Dr Tavasligh is after a new patient and Peter is his prey. The sinister doctor has recently invented a mindwipe machine that can delete Peter's memories and restore him to life with a new and happier identity. Peter agrees to be his patient. But first he must tell Tavasligh everything that happened. As Peter waits for the appointed time, Tavalisgh documents the life and loves of seaside conjuror and children's entertainer Peter Ruchio, whose time on earth was ruined by a small brat at a birthday party fifteen years ago...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: Ireland/Export/ and retailer exclusive ed
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 18 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0385605242
ISBN 13: 9780385605243
Book Overview: Mesmeric storytelling of magic, misdirection and memory

Author Bio
MARIUS BRILL attended St John's College, Oxford, after a career as a doorman, journalist and prize-winning playwright at the Soho Theatre. The script of his film, DIARY OF A SURREAL KILLER, was nominated for a BAFTA Carl Foreman award. His comic radio series, sLaughter in the Dark, played to critical acclaim on Radio Four. MAKING LOVE: A CONSPIRACY OF THE HEART his first book, received blanket reviews from overawed readers.