How to Forget
Marius Brill(Author)
Doubleday (Publisher)
Published on 4. August 2011
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-85752-071-5 (ISBN)
Description
A book of laughter and regretting Magicov the Magnificent, great illusionist, earns his living entertaining the geriatrics of Lotus House Care-home. But Mr Magicov (also known as Peter) envies them - they've mastered a trick that eludes him. They can forget. There are so many things Peter yearns to forget: the shameful moment an eight-year-old wrecked his life; the FBI agent who hunted him like a dog; that suitcase stuffed with a million pounds. More than anything Peter wants to forget Kate, the expert con woman. The one he loved and left. For renowned brain-scientist Dr Chris Tavasligh, Peter's craving to escape makes him the perfect candidate for his bold experiment in changing minds - forever. Faced with such an opportunity, will Peter go through with it? And if he does, who will he become?
Reviews / Votes
"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 "Praise for MAKING LOVE, A CONSPIRACY OF THE HEART: An exceptional piece of writing...as winning a first novel as i have read in a long time" Sunday Telegraph "Fantastic, hilarious...verbal pyrotechnics, supported by a fecund imagination of the first order" Times "A smorgasbord of romantic romp, pseudo-scholarship, urban melodrama and metafictional mystery" Time Out "Highly entertaining yet intelligent comic novel...Brill's sense of fun is evident on every page" Times Literary SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 237 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85752-071-5 (9780857520715)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Marius Brill is a prize-winning writer whose debut novel Making Love: A Conspiracy of the Heart was published to great acclaim. How To Forget is his second novel. His life and thought are slightly caught at www.mariusbrill.com