James Purdew is quietly obsessed with his own past - in particular three years of his life, about which he remembers nothing. So he travels back to the city of H, where he lived during those years, and finds a familiar house, now derelict. Stripping the wallpaper from one of the rooms, James discovers the first chapter of Confessions of a Killer, a nineteenth-century thriller, which seems to offer clues to a tragedy that took place in the house many years before, and one to which James feel inexorably linked. A journey into a mysterious world of fiction and reality, The Amnesiac is a compelling novel by one of Britain's most innovative young storytellers.

Sam Taylor's The Amnesiac is an unconventional detective story about memory and reality.

About the Author
Sam Taylor was born in 1970 and is the former pop culture correspondent for the Observer. He lives in France with his young family.

Reviews
"'The Amnesiac is an original, derivative, exasperating, tender triumph... it announces his arrival as one to watch.' Daily Telegraph"



Book Information
ISBN 9780571233540
Author Sam Taylor
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 315g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 127mm * 25mm